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HCM Forms - Field Group

nikhilkup
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We have to use field groups in 'Process Form scenario for generic serives'. Where do we create these field groups and where do we assign the fields to these groups.

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Nikhil

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ChrisSolomon
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For "generic" services, in the Design Time workbench, you will see two steps for your config. Oddly enough, they seem a bit backwards.

First, you will see the "field groups and operations" step....this is the second/last one listed below your generic service. There, you will define a field group (any ole name you like) and then assign WHAT operation in your generic service that this group of fields should be used to perform.

Second, you will go "map" your "form" fields to the generic service fields and field group you defined. This pretty much tells the generic service "hey, take these fields here and use them for that operation". The reason for grouping them in field groups is that you might want to group several different fields to call the same operation with different values.

Keep in mind, EACH of your backend services has it's own config of fields groups/operations/fields and are independent of each other. Althought I think it's bad practive, if you wanted to use the same field group names in different backend services, it wouldn't hurt anything....they don't "see" each others relevant datasets.

Now, this is the point that most everyone gets REAL confused with. The "field groups" you define in your User Event config have NOTHING to do with the field groups in your backend services. They do NOT have to match names and honestly, it doesn't even matter if they do. It is just another way to group a bunch of fields together to say "hey, THIS group of fields is what I am talking about".

Hope this helps.

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