Running Out of Fields in UDxx Table

Epicor ERP 10
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I am building a form using the UD05 table, and have essentially run out of string type fields (ShortCharxx and Characterxx). I need five more fields, and possibly more coming.

I realize that I could probably create all the UD fields I want, but I thought there might be a way to leverage the Numberxx fields since they will only need to contain Customer IDs which are integers. The customer names don’t need to be stored, so I can just display them to the right of each customer number via screen customization.

Has anyone done this successfully or is it not worth the trouble? I’m particularly interested to learn about how to change the default formatting so there are no decimal places.

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IMO you should not be using the default fields at all. They are a legacy leftover of older versions. As a consultant, we never use them, we ALWAYS create UD fields, just because it’s way easier to keep track of them and document them. There’s also always a chance that they will be made obsolete sooner than later…

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I may add to Hugo comment is when you use UD fields, you can set them with the Like info. Doing so with your custID, you could right click on your udfield representing it and open with whatever customerID is accessing via menu context.

Pierre.

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