Question - Define a Field, Field attributes, and Field properties?
Answer -
Fields are basic building blocks in People soft and can be used in application when they are added to at least one record. Fields are globally defined.
The common filed attributes are:
1. Data type 2. Field name 3. Long name 4. Short name 5. Formatting 6. Help context number 7. Translate values – stored in separate table (XLATTABLE).
Fields are:
1.Globally defined
2.Reusable components and can be shared across multiple record definitions
3.A change to the Field properties affects all the records that include the field.