Be aware of shared field groups

When using a field group that is shared among other object types, the administrator should be aware that a small change in that field group will have an effect on all the object types using it.

The IBM OpenPages® with Watson™ application allows an object type to use multiple field groups. These field groups can also be used by other object types.

If an administrator adds one or two fields to the shared field group, those one or two fields will now also be associated with the object types that are using it. If one of the other object types is near the dynamic reporting schema SQL limitation of 32,000, it may cause problems regenerating the reporting schema.