Acumatica Tips: How to add a new Date field in Acumatica?

Use Case: Let us assume that a user wants to add a Date field of the Date of Manufacturing under the Others tab of the Purchase Receipt (PO302000) screen of Acumatica, screenshot 1-

The data displayed in the below-mentioned steps are from the U100 dataset of Acumatica.

To add a new field, below mentioned are the steps:

1. After logging into Acumatica, create a new project in Customization Projects (SM204505) screen. 

2. Add the existing Purchase Receipts (PO302000) screen. 

3. Select the Tab: CurrentDocument section and navigate to the Add Data Fields tab, screenshot 3.

4. Click on the New Field button under the Add Data Fields tab, Screenshot 4.

5. Upon clicking, a pop-up window of Create New Field will appear. Enter the required details as shown below. And then click on the OK button, as in screenshot 5-

6. Publish the project. 

7. Since the new field is to be added under the Bill Date field of the Others tab, navigate to the Bill Date of Tab: CurrentDocument in the middle pane. 

8. Click on the Add Data Fields tab; refer to screenshot 6.

9. Select the checkbox for the newly created field and click on Create Controls button. 

10. And click on the Save button, screenshot 7.

11. Publish the project. 

12. And hence, the field has been added, as in screenshots 8 and 9-

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