How to Use Unmapped String Control and Override the Post-Load Method in Data Entities? 

How to use unmapped string control and override post load method in data entities?  

Scenario: Creating the unmapped control (virtual field) in the data entity and when exported the data entity implementing the business logic for the field control. 

High Resolution steps 

• Create the data entity with the virtual field. 

• Override the post load method to write the logic. 

• Export the data entity. 

Detailed Resolution steps 

Step 1: Create the data entity with the virtual field. 

Navigation: FPInformationDataEntity àFields à New à String Unmapped Field 

Note : Set the IsComputedField Property NO 

Step2: For the above data entity override post load method  

Note: Write the logic required to implement on data entity.  

Code Explanation: Here we have written the logic for concatenating the first and last name. 

Code Snippet: 

Code: 

public void postLoad() 

{ 

    super(); 

 

    this.FullName = this.FirstName + ' ' +this.LastName; 

} 

Step 3: Export the data entity and the virtual field will be displayed. 

Note: After exporting the data entity, we can download the file in Excel format. 

Output 

After exporting the data entity to the Excel file, the unmapped field will contain the value. 

Vyshnavi Nagaraju