Add Existing fields to a configuration in CA Asset Portfolio Management

Product: CA APM 12.9 GA + Cumulative 2

Feature: Screen Customization

Steps to replicate the problem for one of the scenarios on Asset Configuration

  1. Log on to CA APM using valid user credentials.
  2. Open up the New Asset page.
  3. Click on Configure ON
  4. On the right pane, under the Configuration Information select a global configuration from the list of configurations available. If not then create a new global configuration by selecting an asset family.
  5. Click the “Add Existing Fields” hyperlink.
  6. Once field picker appears, click on the hyperlink named Contact.
  7. The field picker opens up the list of existing fields under Asset -> Contact and you would see the following links
  8. Attachment.
  9. Notes.

Issue

These links are not to be displayed when using the field picker on the Asset details page. This applies not just to Contact, but also for several other objects such as Company, Location, and Organization and so on.

To generalize, certain hyperlinks are not to be displayed on the second level of navigation and beyond, when using the Add Existing fields – field picker dialog on the object configuration page. The final list of such fields is mentioned below and should any user try to add these to the page, they would either see one of the following errors.

  1. Error on clicking one of the faulty hyperlinks.
  2. Error on the page after they add a field mentioned under one of the incorrect hyperlinks.

Coming back to the specific use case (per the repro steps) for demonstrating the error, please find screenshots Fig 1 and Fig 2 towards the end of the document. Fig 1 is to explain the concept of the navigation levels. Fig 2 illustrates the actual problem wherein the faulty hyperlinks are displayed on the field picker at the second level of navigation.

This issue has been rectified with the patch number T5M7130.caz and is now available for download. Please be warned that if you run into problems while selecting these fields, the fixes might have to be made specifically on your instance of the product.

List

Attachment
Contact Allocation
Notes
Company Acquisition
Company Allocation
Legal Party
Locations
Companies
Location Allocation
Note

Payment

Cost

Model Configuration

Asset Configuration

Asset Allocation

Image partitions

Legal Asset

T and C’s

Fig 1.

Fig 2.