I have a simple method Directive starting on SalesOrder.ReopenOrder that sets ttOrderHed.OrderHeld of all rows to true and is followed by invoking Erp.SalesOrder.UpdateExistingOrder. It works perfectly. Now I want to also set my ud field ttOrderHed.Status_Deposit_c to “Reopened”. It appears to work…

Have you checked to make sure the data tables are in sync? (ie, did you forget to regenerate the DB after adding the UDF) That’s my only guess, I update UD fields all the time in BPMs without issues.

What is the code you are using to set the UD field on the tt table? From the ICE guide … Method directives work with temporary (tt) tables using tablesets, and so you access them through different syntax. These tablesets are defined in the business object’s (BO) contract .dll file, so their form…

In the BPM Workflow Designer I’m using Set Field to do the action “Set the ttOrderHed.Status_Deposit_c field of all rows to the Reopened expression.

Thank you for your tips and suggestions. I solved the problem with a work-around. I found I couldn’t update any ud field using a method directive, so I updated UserChar1 instead. Then using a data directive in-transaction I set the ud field. The results aren’t visible until after a line is added, …

ttABCCode.UDField<System.String>(“MyNewColumn _c”) is about querying the value. ttABCCode.SetUDField<System.String>(“MyNewColumn _c”, value) method call should be used to set the value of UD field. Or, just use SetField or UpdateTable actions as it suggested above.

Updating User Defined Fields through BPM Method Directive

Epicor ERP 10

Asz0ka (Adam Szoka) January 3, 2020, 10:01pm 5

Have you tried any other SalesOrder methods? Maybe just Update or UpdateExt could work?

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