Collect Data for Writeback

Explanation

Use this activity to view the collected data for Writeback before writing them back to IFS Applications.
If the requirement is to Writeback only a part of the collected data, then this activity can be used to collect the data and then to select the rows which should be written back.

Prerequisites

Make sure to select a Business Reporter report where Writeback has been enabled in the report design. Required/preferred writeback settings and options have to be set in design mode.

Related Process Model

Perform Writeback

Related Activity

Perform Writeback
Export To CSV

Procedure

  1. Execute the report.
  2. Change the figures as required in the writeback enabled report.
  3. In the report mode, select the checkbox Review Collected Data and click Writeback in the Business Reporter Ribbon.
    Note: When you click on writeback to write back the data, the data collected for writeback will be displayed in the Document Actions pane.
  4. Alternatively, in the Writeback tab of the Document Actions pane, click on Get Modified or Get All to collect the data for writeback.
    Collected data will be shown in the Document Actions pane.