Quick Change
As for other Force.com object, you have the ability to organize the way fields are displayed in the Additional Context object.
To modify the Additional Context layout:
- Click on Create in “App Setup”
- Click on Objects and select the Additional Context Object.
- Then you can edit the Layout section
Click on the Edit link.
From the layout interface, you can drag and drop the fields to the information section and sort them as needed:
At the end, click on the Save button.
Map the Quick Change Fields on CPQ Fields
Fields configured in the PROS Additional Context are considered belonging to the Force.com PROS Quote. Therefore, they obey to the same mapping rules as standard quote custom settings. In particular, they can be synchronized with CPQ fields using the implicit IN/OUT mapping.
In details, this means that they can be mapped with any CPQ field respecting the following conditions:
- The field must be configured in the header section or as a total cell of the spreadsheet section
- The field must have the same name as the one in Force.com (based on the “Field Name” attribute)Note: To configure header fields or total cells in CPQ, please refer to the CPQ Designer Guide.
Access to the Quick Change Interface
Once your new field created, you can check in the Quick Change interface that it is available. The feature is accessible through a Quick Change button in the Overview tab of the PROS quote object:
You can modify the field value by clicking on the Edit button:
You can verify that your field is well created and that it respects the rules configured during its creation: