Taming HTML in Acumatica Generic Inquiries: A Clever Solution
This content explains how to display formatted text from the description tab of Acumatica Inventory Items in a Generic Inquiry.
(a) Challenges
- Pulling formatted text, such as from the description tab in inventory items, and making it look clean in a Generic Inquiry (GI) can be a significant challenge in Acumatica.
- Descriptions often contain HTML formatting, which creates a jumbled mess of code when displayed in a GI.
- Directly linking inventory items and the description tab in the GI only provides the raw HTML code, not the formatted text.
(b) Solution & Benefits
- Leverage the Acumatica Report Designer: Mamta, an Associate Functional Consultant with 13 years of experience in ERP, discovered a solution using the Acumatica Report Designer.
- HTML to Plain Text Conversion: The report designer has a feature that converts HTML to plain text.
- Steps:
- Build a report to pull the description data.
- Use the HTML to text conversion feature to clean up the data.
- Pull the clean data into the Generic Inquiry.
- Outcome: The formatted text from the description tab displays perfectly as plain text in the GI.
Benefits:
- This solution offers a clean and efficient way to display formatted text in GIs.
- It avoids the need for complex workarounds or custom development.
- It highlights the importance of understanding the Acumatica platform and its hidden features.
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