Define a Create a New Child Business Object Action

Use the Create a New Child Business Object Action to create a child Business Object that belongs to the active Business Object.

For example, add a Journal History record to an Incident when the One-Step™ Action is run against the Incident.

This Action is executed against whichever Business Object is active, either a Business Object association or a Business Object from another Action (Create a New Business Object or Go To a Record) preceding this Action. For example, if the One-Step Action is associated with Incident, the Incident Business Object is the active object (this Action runs against Incident). If a Create a New Business Object Action is added to create a Problem record (preceding this Action), the Problem Business Object becomes the active object (the Action runs against Problem).

If the active Business Object changes (example: The Action was initially defined to run against Incident, but a Create a New Business Object Action makes Problem the active Business Object), a warning appears. The Action properties might need to be modified to reflect the newly active Business Object.

To define a Create a New Child Business Object Action for a One-Step Action:

Open the One-Step Editor.
Add a Create a New Child Business Object Action to the Designer Board.
Click the General page.

Define general properties for the Create a New Child Business Object Action:

Option	Description
Name	Provide a display name for the Action (this is how the Action is identified within the One-Step Action).
Child Business Object	Select the child Business Object to create. For the Business Object to be listed in the drop-down, it must have a Relationship in which it is owned by the parent object. For more information about Relationships, refer to the Relationships Documentation. The parent object is the active Business Object.
Open New Record After Action	Makes the Business Object from the Action the active record after the Action is executed. This allows Users to immediately view and edit the record. If this check box is not selected, the record does not appear on the screen.
Group Member	If the selected child object is a Group Object (example: Journals), select the Group Member to have the Action create (example: Journal - History).
Save Business Object After Action	Select the check box to automatically save updates to the Business Object after the Action executes. If the check box is cleared, updates to the Business Object are not automatically saved. Users are prompted to save their changes if they navigate from the Business Object, however. This includes changes made by the Action and any changes made by Users before they ran the One-Step. The One-Step Action continues to run whether or not they choose to save their changes. In the Browser Client and Portal, this occurs after the last Action is executed for the One-Step Action. If the One-Step Action is run from the Scheduling Server or an Automation Process, there is no Prompt to save changes and they may be lost.
Evaluate Expressions from New Child’s Perspective	Evaluate Expressions from the child object rather than from the parent object. This option is rarely used; however, it is necessary if the parent and child are the same type of object. To do calculations within the child (example: Adding values in multiple Fields), select this check box to ensure that data is pulled from the child object rather than the parent object.

Click the Fields page.

Define options for selected Business Object Fields:

Filter the Fields tree:

Option	Description
Search Control	Quickly locate a Field whose Name and Description contain a specific word or phrase (example: OwnedBy).
Only Show Set Fields	Shows only those Fields that have values set. This is useful when going back to edit the Action to quickly see which Field values are set by the Action.
Ignore Folders	Ignores the organizational folders and displays all Fields at the root of the list.
Show Field Values	Opens a window that shows the Fields and values from the currently open record. Click a Field, and then click the Select button (selecting a Field in the window also selects it in the Fields tree). The Show Field Values button is only available if a currently open record is the same as the Business Object the Action is defined to execute against (example: An Incident record is currently open, and the Action is defined to execute against an Incident).

Select a Field in the Fields tree, and then select one of the following options:

Option	Description
Don't Set Field (Default)	The Action does not have a set value. However, if the Field has a default or auto-populated value, that value is used.
Clear Value	The Action clears any default or auto-populated value that gets assigned to the Field when the Business Object is updated.
Set Value	The Action sets a specific value. Provide text, or click the Selector button to insert a Token (Field, System Function, Prompt, Expression, Stored Value, Metric, Counter, etc.). The available Fields in the Token Selector reflect the current Business Object (the Business Object being updated or created by the Action). If the Field is validated, the Legal Values button is available to allow selection of a valid value.
Template	The Action creates a custom defined value. Provide text. Click the Selector button or right-click in the Template field to insert Tokens (example: Fields, System Functions, Prompts, Expressions, Stored Values, Metrics, and Counters) directly into the text. The available Fields in the Token Selector reflect the One-Step Business Object context (from the One-Step association or from a preceding Create a Business Object Action or Go To a Record Action). The option to Show Field Values is available in the Tokens menu if a currently open record is the same as the Business Object the Action is defined to execute against (example: An Incident record is currently open, and the Action is defined to execute against an Incident). Select this option to open a window that shows the Fields and values contained in the currently open record. Click a Field, and then click the Select button to insert the Field as a Token.
Append to Current Value	The Action appends a Set Value or Template Value to any default value defined for the Field. To avoid duplication of data, this option is disabled if the Field selected in the Fields tree is also inserted as a Token in the Template field.

Append to Current Value: Select this check box to have the Action append a Set Value or Template Value to any default value defined for the Field. To avoid duplication of data, this option is disabled if the Field selected in the Fields tree is also inserted as a Token in the Template field.

Define Annotation properties.
Click Save.