Descriptive Flexfield Context Value Setup Is Not Appearing and Not Working in Buyer Work Center Pages After Upgrade to 12.2 (Doc ID 2751445.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Descriptive Flexfield (DFF) Context Value setup is not appearing - not working -  in the Buyer Work Center Pages after upgrade to 12.2

Steps:

A: Purchasing Buyer Work Center - a context based setup has been done on the PO Headers flexfield.

1. Navigate to Purchasing Responsibility
2. Navigate to Buyer Work Center - Orders - create a new purchase order
3. Observe descriptive flexfield Context Value setup is not appearing on Orders or Agreements OA Pages
 - The context is not being recognized

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The following scenario is an example of what is no longer working:

B: DFF Setup

1.Navigation : Application Developer -> Flexfield -> Descriptive -> Segments -> Search for "Test Descriptive Flexfields" in Title field

2.Unfreeze the definition.

3.Reference Field = :$PROFILES$.AS_MAIL_RESPONSE_FIRST_NAVIGATION_FIELD
Required = "Yes"
Displayed = "Yes"

4.Add new Context Field Value
Code = CUSTOMER_NAME
Name = Customer Name
Segment name = CUST_NAME

5.Click on compile.

6.From Application Developer -> Descriptive Flexfields Test Page observe that context code not getting defaulted to "CUSTOMER_NAME" and hence CUST_NAME segment is not visible

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The steps from the following note were implemented - yet the context is not working:
<Note 972936.1> - How to Setup Descriptive Flexfields for Purchasing Orders forms on Buyer Work Center and Core Purchasing

The setups from this note were working prior to upgrading to 12.2.9.

Cause

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