Writeback is useful when you have made changes to an existing report on project forecast item information and need the changes to be updated back to IFS Applications. You can update existing values or enter new lines into the report. There are two ways to writeback information. You can either writeback the modified values only or all the values i.e., including the ones that have not been changed.
This is a guide on the main things to remember when you create a report on project forecast item information with fields enabled for writeback.
The main procedure on how to writeback values can be found in the Apply Writeback activity. Follow the steps in it with Project Forecast Item as the relevant information source.
The fields that can be enabled for writeback are listed below.
| Field Name | Writeback New | Writeback Update | Mandatory |
| Item No |
Y |
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| Project ID | Y | ||
| Sub Project ID | Y | Y | |
| Activity Sequence | Y | Y | |
| Cost Element/Node | Y | Y | Y |
| Description | Y | Y | |
| Currency | Y | Y | Y |
| ETC | Y | Y | |
| ETC Rev | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment Rev | Y | Y | |
| ETC/Transaction Curr | Y | Y | |
| ETC/Transaction Curr Rev | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment/Transaction Curr | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment/Transaction Curr Rev | Y | Y | |
| ETC/Base Curr BF Rate | Y | Y | |
| ETC/Base Curr BF Rate Rev | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment/Base Curr BF Rate | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment/Base Curr BF Rate Rev | Y | Y | |
| ETC/Project Curr | Y | Y | |
| ETC/Project Curr Rev | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment/Project Curr | Y | Y | |
| ETC Adjustment/Project Curr Rev | Y | Y | |
| EAC | Y | Y | |
| EAC Rev | Y | Y | |
| EAC/Transaction Curr | Y | Y | |
| EAC/Transaction Curr Rev | Y | Y | |
| EAC/ Base Curr BF Rate | Y | Y | |
| EAC/ Base Curr BF Rate Rev | Y | Y | |
| EAC/ Project Curr | Y | Y | |
| EAC/ Project Curr Rev | Y | Y | |
| Progress | Y | Y | |
| Account | Y | Y | |
| Cost Cent | Y | Y | |
| Project | Y | Y | |
| C and R | Y | Y | |
| Code F | Y | Y | |
| Code H | Y | Y | |
| Code I | Y | Y | |
| Code J | Y | Y | |
| Start Date | Y | Y | |
| End Date | Y | Y | |
| Item Type | Y | Y | Y (if Node) |
| Note | Y | Y |
In Report Options in the IFS Business Analytics Ribbon, you are able to define the type of writeback you prefer. Select the Allow Modified Writeback checkbox in order to have only the modified values in the report written back. Select the Allow Complete Writeback checkbox if you wish to have all the values of the report written back.
In Report Options in the IFS Business Analytics Ribbon, you are able to define whether zero or null values should be written back as well as how the null value is treated.