Fields of text type store various kinds of characters. Exception is Phone type which allows spaces, numbers, '+' and '-'.
You can limit the maximum number of symbols with the Max Length attribute.
Journal Input
This field type is used to operate with the comment widget for communicating with responsible users, the caller and followers. It is implemented as a text-area with a placeholder of the field title.
By default, journal input fields have the NULL value. When a comment is added, the field value saves the following data to the sys_activities_stream_field table:
- reference to the commented record
- reference to the table containing this field
- the comment itself
- commentator's name (the user who added the comment)
- field name.
After the comment is saved the field value becomes NULL again.
There are two ways to leave a comment using the Journal Input column type:
enter the text you want to send in the field and click Save or Save and Exit.
- click on the Activity Feed module, click on the tab representing the message type, enter the text you want to send and click Send.
After that, the message will appear in the Activity Feed module.
See the Activity Feed article to learn more.
Phone
This field stores a phone number. It is displayed as an input field with the phone number.
Maximum number of characters is 15 symbols.
The field can contain:
- '+'
- '-'
- round brackets
- spaces
- numbers.
Script
This field type is physically implemented as a lengthless text string. In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a CodeMirror widget (JS component that provides ability of the code editing in a browser).
String
This field type is physically implemented as a string 255 symbols length. In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a text input field.
Text
This field type is physically implemented as a lengthless text string. The memory is allocated dynamically when processing the field. In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a textarea.
Creating a text type column
To create a column of text type, perform the following steps:
- Navigate to System Definition → All Columns.
- Click New and fill in the fields.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Tabs specific for the text type columns.
| Field | Mandatory | Descritpion |
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| Type Specification tab | ||
Max Length | N | Specify a maximum value length for this column. The value length cannot exceed allowed length for the specified data type. Fill in this field for the columns that have a String or Text type. |
| Default Value | ||
| Use Dynamic Default | Select this checkbox if you want to generate the default value dynamically. | |
Default Value | N | Specify a default value that will be populated automatically to the field when creating a new record. This field may be specified by a Javascript scenario as well.
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Dynamic Default | N | This field appears only when the Use Dynamic Default attribute is set to 'true'. Select the script from the Dynamic Default Values (sys_default_value_dynamic) dictionary, so its execution result will be automatically calculated and entered into this field; this value will be the default value for the column specified.
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