Create the link record for posting

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

Create a new Link record for the form you are going to use. For example, if a Link record does not already exist, create the Link record ocmq.post.contacts for the new form ocmq.open.newemployee.quote for the Posting process. This avoids any conflicts involving links established in a current record for the Fill function.

  1. Click Tailoring > Tailoring Tools > Links.
  2. In the Name field, type the name of the Link record you want to create. For this example, type ocmq.post.contacts.
  3. Click New.
  4. Type the following values in the first line of the new Link record.

    Field Value
    Field Name (SOURCE) employee.id
    Format Name (TARGET) contacts
    Field Name (TARGET) user.id
    Comment POST

    Important: You must type POST in upper case letters in the Comment field for the Posting process to work.

    The new Link record opens.

  5. Place the cursor in the employee.id line and click Select Line from the More Actions menu.

    The Link line definition form opens.

  6. Type the following values for the Source and Target fields.

    Source FieldTarget Field
    employee.iduser.id
    requested.forcontact.name
    employee.idfull.name
    request.phonecontact.phone
    request.deptcorp.structure

  7. Click Back. A prompt asks if you want to save the Link record you have created.
  8. Click Yes to save the record.

Related concepts

Posting
Posting link records
Posting link line definition file
Types of posting available in Format Control
Confirming the posting routine
Automatic updates using Format Control subroutines

Related tasks

Identify field input values for posting
Create the Format Control record for automatic posting
Open a request for posting
Manual posting using Format Control additional options
Create the Format Control record for manual posting
Modify a hardware change request for posting
Use the confirmation function in the posting routine
Do manual posting with confirmation

Related references

Posting variables