At ABC Corporation, there’s a request from business users to create a custom field for Brand and integrate it into accounting and group reporting.
Custom fields can be created by using the Custom Fields app. The business context is FINCS_JOURNAL_ENTRY_ITEM. Custom fields are added to the ACDOCA and ACDOCU at the same time.
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When you create the custom field, select the user interfaces and reports to use it in.
![In the UI's tab, all functions are enabled In the UI's tab, all functions are enabled](/service/media/topic/a6858f7e-bb49-493e-bb5d-6bf06e52d9b6/F9611_1002_en-US_media/F9611_1002_en-US_images/U3L10_CustEnable_SS_C.png)
If the custom field is needed in ACDOCA, it can easily be enabled. In the following example:
The ACDOCA field name is ZZ1_BRAND1_COB and the data element is ZZ1_BRAND1.
The ACDOCU, field name is ZZ1_BRAND_CJE and the data element is ZZ1_BRAND1.
Enabling the coding block will allow the custom field to be released from ACDOCA to ACDOCU.
![The new field has been added to both group reporting and accounting The new field has been added to both group reporting and accounting](/service/media/topic/a6858f7e-bb49-493e-bb5d-6bf06e52d9b6/F9611_1002_en-US_media/F9611_1002_en-US_images/U3L10_CustAddACDOCA_SS_C.png)
As a result, the custom field can be used throughout group reporting:
- Use the custom fields in group journal entries.
- Include the custom field in import files.
- Release the data from accounting into group reporting.