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This guide provides instructions on how to display Custom Fields in the Epicor Kinetic Warehouse (EKW) application from Epicor.

EMW (Epicor Mobile Warehouse) - refers to the previous name of EKW (Epicor Kinetic Warehouse).

PREREQUISITES

Tip

Before proceeding with this this guide, the following conditions should be accounted for:

  • The user is using release 3.0.0 or greater of EKW.

  • The user has a basic knowledge of creating UD columns in Epicor.

Note

1. Creating custom fields using custom UD field methodology:

Refer to this Guide: https://biscit.atlassian.net/l/cp/mXF8wJeK

2. Creating custom fields using the BPM form:

Refer to the following Video: https://youtu.be/1oVqF9aM1Us?si=w3Y-ApiqM8cZAWJN

IMPLEMENTATION

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In order to have the Custom Fields appear in the EKW application, the user must first set up UD columns.

For the custom fields to appear correctly in EKW, the following requirements must be met:

  • Four UD columns must be created to indicate: the column to be displayed, the label, the type and if it should be disabled.

  • The UD columns should be formatted like the following (col1 increments for each new custom field – do not miss a number as it will not display the following fields):

  1. EKWEmw_col1_column_c – the initial value should be set to the column that it references on the dataset.

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  2. EKWEmw_col1_label_c – the initial value should be set to the label to be displayed in EKW.

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  1. EKWEmw_col1_type_c – the initial value should be set to the type of the data.

    1. The available options are text, description, number, Boolean, list.

Available Field Types:

  • Number Will display a number input box in forms.

  • Text Will display a text input box in forms.

  • Description Will display a text area input box in forms.

  • Boolean Will display as a checkbox in forms.

  • List Will display as text in lists and will NOT be displayed in forms.

  • A Boolean type will display as a checked or unchecked box, depending on the value.

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  1. EKWEmw_col1_disabled_c – the initial value should be set to whether or not the value can be changed or not.

    1. This column has a data type of Boolean:

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