[IFS/BA Designer Help Guide]

Apply Writeback

Explanation

This activity is used to enable writeback of information from an executed report to IFS Applications. There are two types of writeback methods, complete and modified. These options can be selected from Report Options in the ribbon.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity, an information source which supports writeback should be selected in the Business Analytics report.

System Effects

Applying writeback will make it possible to write back information from IFS Business Analytics to IFS Applications in the end user mode.

Related Process Model

Apply Writeback

Related Activity

Change Writeback Settings

Procedure

  1. Select a cell to apply writeback.
  2. Select the Writeback tab in the Document Actions pane.
  3. Click List and select the measure item or the light item that you want to use for writeback from the Select Items dialog box.
    Note: This dialog box only displays items that can be used for writeback. If the information source does not support writeback, no items will be displayed.
  4. The Keys table will be populated with relevant data once an item is selected. Display items set as mandatory will retrieve a value from the design if that display item is used in the report design and will be shown by default. If no value exists for a mandatory item it is possible to add it using a repeater, a filter criteria or by entering a value directly into the Value filed. It is also possible to get a value in the Excel worksheet by referring to a cell by clicking on Ref.
  5. Click LoV in the table to select values for display items from the List of Values. (Note: It is required to use the List of Values for repeater items instead of typing them.)
  6. Click Run.

Enable Insert New Values for Writeback

To enable inserting new values for writeback in the end user mode, select Enable Insert of New Values for Writeback check box for each repeater level.

  1. Select the required repeater level.
  2. Select Advanced Settings button at each repeater level.
  3. In the General tab, select Enable Insert of New Values for Writeback check box.