Creating Associations and Searchable Fields

An association references the Position Object itself. Because of this fact, the MDF position object must be created prior to defining any association. An example of an association is detailed in the table below:

To create an Association, navigate to Admin Center→Company Settings→Configure Object Definitions. Select Object Definition and Position from the Search dropdown. Then, choose Make Correction from the Take Action dropdown.

Scroll to the Associations section and enter data in the appropriate areas.

Click the Details link to access more configuration information on the Association.

Make the desired changes or selections, and then click Done. Be sure to click Save for your modifications to become effective.

Within the same area of the Position Object as above, scroll below Associations to locate the Searchable Fields section as seen here:

At a minimum, externalName and incumbent should be utilized as searchable fields. To add more fields, simply click in the empty field and enter the correct field name. Once you have made the desired changes, choose Done and Save.

Once a field is added to the Searchable Fields section, it becomes available in the filters for the Position Tile. The following types of fields are supported in the Position Tile view:

• Picklist
• Enum
• String
• Boolean
• Number
• Date
• Decimal
• User
• Translatable
• Generic Object (GO)
• Foundation Object (FO)

The key learning points of this lesson are:

• To create an Association, navigate to Configure Object Definitions under Admin Center, select Position, and choose Make Correction. Add association data under the Associations section, configure details, and save changes.

• Use externalName and incumbent as default searchable fields in the Position Object. Add fields by entering their names in the Searchable Fields section, then save changes.

• Not all position data fields (for example, Location, Division) are available as filters in Position Tile due to restrictions on foundation or generic objects.