on 11-27-2008 11:53 AM
1) What is the difference between calculated fields and assignments?
2) What type of fields can be calculated fields?
Regards,
Yash
Hi Yashovardan,
Both These features- Calculation and Assignment perform more or less similar function,but are used in different situation based on on how they operate.
Calculation: A field is made as a calculated field, when you want a Defaulted value to that field on Saving the expression.The result of the expression appears as the fields value whenever a records is created and saved.It then is greyed out and is not available to the user for change.
Assignments: Assignments are values we assign to a repository field which depends on some other fields value or some condition.It is run manully or automatically by a user.It is not greyed out like the calculated field.
And gives a result of the assignment as Pass or Fail.As Assignments are first validated and then are assigned the value of the expression.
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Simona Pinto
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Good Answer fro my Posted Query
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Hi,
Calculated Fields | Assignments
Automatic Execution | Manual Execution
Cannot be the part of workflow | Can be used as a Workflow step
Field becomes Read-Only | No effect over the field
Boolean, Text, TextLarge, Measurement, | All Fields
Currency, GM Time, Literal Time, Literal date,
Real, Text Normalized
Regards,
Jitesh Talreja
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Hi Yashovardan,
the difference between assignment and calculated are as follows:
1)assignments are to be executed manually or in a workflow where as calculated field works automatically
2)calculated expression are written from console but assignments from data manager
3)look up fields cann't be calculated fields where as assignments can be written on look up field
there can be more to this
you can use calculated field for real,integer and all text ,currency and name fields.
Regards
Biswanath
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Hi,
Calculated fields are read-only fields but assignment fields are not read-only fields.
The values for calculated field are automatically stored when we save the calculated expression in the
console but for assignment fields , assignment should be run manually or automatically to see the
result.
For calculated fieds, expressions can be defined in console but for assignment fields expression
should be defined in the MDM data manager.
Other than lookup fields, every field can be calculated field.
Thanks
Narendra
Edited by: Mullapudi Narendra on Nov 27, 2008 1:19 PM
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