May Customer Use Order Management Industry Information Descriptive Flexfields? (Doc ID 1323520.1)

Goal

Customer wants more descriptive flexfield (DFF) attributes to store data pertaining to a sales order line.

In R12.0.6, sales order form, line item tab, Other tab, see field Industry Information.
This is a descriptive flexfield.

Per <Document 461018.1>, sales order form field Industry Information is:
Additional Industry Attribute DFF, when Release Management is installed
Additional Line Industry Information DFF , when Release Management is not installed.

At Descriptive Flexfield Segments form (setup>Financials> flexfields > descriptive> segments)
Query on Application: Release Management
Title: Additional Industry Attribute

Query on Application: Order Management
Title: Additional Line Industry Information

Questions
1. May customer use Additional Industry Attribute DFF and define context XYZ with 10 attributes
and expect this data to be kept with sales order data with  upgrade to 12.1.x and beyond?

2. Is Additional Line Industry Information DFF available for use on the sales order form/records
and how can it be populated?

Solution

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