Column Types

No Bound Choices

Field types that do not offer to a user any choices to select from.

Field Type	Description	Scalar Type	Length or Example, validation criteria
Big Integer	It's a numeric field type used for the storage of the very huge numbers. Size of the data stored is 8 bytes. In SimpleOne, it is displayed as an input field with a numeric value.	int8	In SimpleOne, this range is used for record IDs: [100000000000000000 … 999999999999999999] You can use whole big integer range for your purposes: [-9223372036854775808 … 9223372036854775807]
Days of week	This field is displayed as a drop-down list with checkboxes presenting days of weeks: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. One or more options can be selected. Technically, the field stores a numeric value or a sum of values. Size of data is 2 bytes. Each day of week is assigned with a value: Monday = 1 Tuesday = 2 Wednesday = 4 Thursday = 6 Friday = 16 Saturday = 32 Sunday = 64 For example, if Tuesday (2) and Wednesday (4) are selected, the field value is 6.	int2	Minimum value is 0 (days are not selected). Maximum value of the field is 127 (all days selected).
Decimal	This field type implements number with up to two digits after the decimal points (for example, 12.34).	decimal
Duration	This field type is used to provide a duration between two events in milliseconds. It stores an integer number.	int8	The validation processing: The input string is categorized by datetime parts (days, hours, minutes, seconds). It converts into a total milliseconds amount and saved as a Big Integer number.
Encrypted Password	This field type is used to provide secure password storage in the database, with the decoding ability (2-way encryption). See the Password columns article to learn more.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols. The length is limited up to 255 symbols.
Float	This field type implements a floating point number.	float4	Validation criteria: Only numbers, a comma and a dot are allowed. Maximum string length is 14 symbols. Maximum fraction size is 12 symbols (after a delimiter which can be a comma or a dot, depending on a user preferences).
HTML	This field type is implemented as a rich text widget. It has various settings which are displayed as HTML tags in the database. When this field is read-only, the data is displayed as HTML; otherwise, it is displayed as text that can be edited and transformed. When using this field type, there are two modes: rich text editor and source editor. You can enter the source editor by clicking the Source button on the panel. Changes made in one of modes are displayed in another, and vice versa.	text	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and it is lengthless until not limited by the Max Length attribute.
Integer	This is a numeric field type. Size of the stored data – 4 bytes.	int4	The value specified should not exceed this range: [-2147483648 ... +2147483647].
Journal Input	This field type is used to operate with the comment widget. It is implemented as a text area with a placeholder or the field title. When comments are added, they are stored in the Activities Stream Fields (sys_activities_stream_field) and in the Activity Feed Items (sys_activity_feed_item) tables. The Activities Stream Fields (sys_activities_stream_field) table stores comments from Activity Feeds that are working within UI formatter. The Activity Feed Items (sys_activity_feed_item) table stores comments for the widget that can be configured via <activityFeed> SimpleTag. See the Text columns article to learn more. If async after business rules run, you can work with the field values of the Journal Input type in the same way as you do within after rules, when referring to the current context.	text	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and it is lengthless until not limited by the Max Length attribute.
JSON	This field type is physically stored as JSON. See the Text columns article to learn more.	jsonb	Field content example: JSON {"name": "White", "color": "#ffffff", "policy": "Open", "sys_id": 158462172516422349, "application_id": 155931135900000002, "sys_created_at": "2020-03-19 12:42:05", "sys_created_by": 155931135900000001, "sys_updated_at": "2020-03-19 12:42:05", "sys_updated_by": 155931135900000001} Fields of a JSON type are validating as if they contain a string structured in a JSON way. To learn more about this, please refer to official JSON documentation.
Password	This field stores passwords. It is displayed as an input field. See the Password columns article to learn more.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols. The length is limited up to 255 symbols.
Percent Complete	This field type is used to display a task completion rate.	decimal	Field validation criteria: May contain numbers [0..100]. Maximum fraction size is 2 symbols. Maximum length is 6 symbols.
Phone	This field stores a phone number. In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as an input field with the phone number. See the Text columns article to learn more.	varchar	Phone validation criteria: May contain: (+-), spaces and numbers. Maximum length is 15 symbols.
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). See the Text columns article to learn more.	text	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and it is lengthless until not limited by the Max Length attribute.
Small Integer	This is numeric field type. Size of the data stored – two bytes.	int2	The value specified should not exceed this range: [-32768 ... +32767].
String	This field type is physically implemented as a string 255 symbols length. In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a text input field. See the Text columns article to learn more.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols. If the string length is not set, then it is limited up to 255 symbols; otherwise, a limit may be well above.
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. See the Text columns article to learn more.	text	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and it is lengthless until not limited by the Max Length attribute.
Translated Text	This field type allows the same field to display different content based on the user's chosen language. See the Translated Text columns article to learn more.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and it is lengthless until not limited by the Max Length attribute.
URL	This field type is used to store a URL.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols. The length is limited up to 2048 symbols.

Choice-like Fields

Field types that offer choices to a user and can be filled by selecting a value.

Field Type

Description

Scalar Type

Length or Example, validation criteria

Boolean

This field type implements binary logic (True or False, 1 or 0).

In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a checkbox. You can change its default value to TRUE or FALSE by checking or unchecking it.

boolean

true

false

Choice

This field type implements the choices functionality.

In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a drop-down list.

See the Choice fields article to learn more

For this, supporting fields in the sys_db_column column were implemented. Configuration settings of the items to be selected are located in the sys_choice table. The following types of Choices are available (they vary by Choice Type setting on the column creation form):

'None'
Drop-down with 'None'
Drop-down without 'None' (must specify a default value).

When creating a column you can specify Choice Table and Choice Column. In this case, the Choice Column values will be the options for the values of the specified table in the Choice Table.

varchar

This field can contain all kinds of symbols. If the string length is not set, then it is limited up to 80 symbols.

Color

This field type is intended to keep and share information about the system color or the color of an interface element. This field type is used, for example, in the Style Rules.

varchar

This field can contain either 4 or 7 symbols (concise or full RGB record) starting with the hash sign (#). Allowed symbols are: numbers, English letters (A to F) and the hash sign.

Example: #B80000

Conditions

This field type is used to build AND/OR filters.

In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a filter configuration widget. It stores JSON conditions.

See the Condition columns article to learn more.

text

The validation criteria are:

This field can contain any symbols.
This field should have the Dependent on column attribute set.
This field should contain Condition Operators to be a valid condition.

Date

This field type stores the date in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD to within 1 day and not specifying the time of the day. Size of the data stored is 4 bytes.

In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as an input field with a date picker.

See the Date and datetime columns article to learn more.

date

A date must have the ISO 8601 format:

YYYY-MM-DD

Date elements are validated to meet the following criteria:

Element	Range	Comment
Day	[01..31]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Month	[01..12]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Year	[0001..9999]	The value specified should not exceed this range.

Available symbols in this field:

Numbers
Slash ( / )
Hyphen ( - )
Dot ( . )

Date/Time

This field type stores the timestamp measured in seconds.

In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as an input field with a date and time picker.

See the Date and datetime columns article to learn more.

timestamp

The datetime can be written in the ISO 8601 format as shown below:

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

Datetime elements are validated to meet the following criteria:

Element	Range	Comment
Second	[00..59]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Minute	[00..59]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Hour	[00..23]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Day	[01..31]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Month	[01..12]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Year	[1900..2099]	The value specified should not exceed this range.

Date Time Specific

This field type stores the timestamp measured in seconds.

In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as an input field with a date and time picker.

This field type is mainly used in Schedules. In contrast to the Date Time field type, this field type uses the UTC offset parameter defined in the system timezone.

See the Date and datetime columns article to learn more.

timestamp

The datetime can be written in the ISO 8601 format like shown below:

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

Datetime elements are validated to meet the following criteria:

Element	Range	Comment
Second	[00..59]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Minute	[00..59]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Hour	[00..23]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Day	[01..31]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Month	[01..12]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Year	[1900..2099]	The value specified should not exceed this range.

Document ID

This field type is used to store various IDs. Physically they are stored as UUID.

UUID is written as a sequence of hex numbers in lowercase, divided by a minus sign into several groups like this:

8-digit group
Three groups of 4 digits each
12-digit group.

It is 32 digits and 128 bits total.

When placing on a form, the field of this type is displayed as a reference field. It should contain a reference on a specified column in a specified table. To specify a reference, click on a string or on a magnifier button and select a table and a column.

uuid

The validation criteria are listed below:

An input value is validated that its a string value.
After that, validation is performed according to a predefined pattern like described in a Description column.

0229fa8a-bcbe-1f54-0163-45785d8a0001

Field Name

This field type is used to store a reference to column in the table and contains a list of columns in a referenced table.

To specify a reference, please complete the steps below:

Add this field on the form using the Form Layout functionality.
Right-click on the field title and select Configure field item.
Scroll down to the Type Specification tab and specify the referencing table column in the Dependent on Column field.
Click Save or Save and Exit to save changes.

int8

An input string is validated that it is a string value.

Image

This field type is used to store uploaded image files.

In SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a file upload modal window.

int8

The value specified should not exceed this range: [9223372036854775807 ... 9223372036854775806].

List

This field type is physically implemented as a lengthless text string. It stores IDs of the records of the specified table, comma-separated. It is displayed as a list of record values (which are the references to the record edit page). It provides you the functionality of adding, previewing, and deleting records.

See the Reference columns article to learn more.

text

The validation criteria are listed below:

All elements must be separated by a comma.

Record Class

This field type is meant to signify the table to which the specified record relates.

See the Record Class article to learn more.

int8

The value specified should not exceed this range: [100000000000000000 ..
999999999999999999].

Reference

This field type works like an external key and stores the ID of a record of the specified table. This table must be specified in the Reference ID. It is physically stored as Big Integer.

See the Reference columns article to learn more.

In order to limit the output when referencing to a field, please use Reference Qualifiers.

int8

You can use whole big integer range for your purposes: [-9223372036854775808 … 9223372036854775807]

Template

This field type allows storing a set of column names and their values in JSON format for all tables. Nested JSON format is used. On the first nesting level, the element numbers starting from 1 are used as keys.

Because the field type stores data pairs: column name ↔ value, it is commonly used on template forms. The field allows applying stored data to records created from templates.

The elements are objects in following format:

'key' − the column ID in the Columns (sys_db_column) dictionary
'value' − the column value.

This type of field requires populating the Dependent On Column field in the Type Specification tab with the appropriate table.

json

Template

// following columns of user dictionary are used: username, active, locked_out

{
  "1":
  {
    "156943341303994936": "new_user"
  },
  "2":
  {
    "156943341308746896": "1"
  },
  "3":
  {
    "155931135900001086": "0"
  }
}

Time

This field type is used as a time storage. Timezone is not taken into account. The date is not stored. Size of the stored data – 8 bytes.

See the Date and datetime columns article to learn more.

time

The time can be written in the ISO 8601 format as shown below:

HH:MM:SS

Time stamp elements are validated to meet the following criteria:

Element	Range	Comment
Second	[00..59]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Minute	[00..59]	The value specified should not exceed this range.
Hour	[00..23]	The value specified should not exceed this range.

The allowed symbols are numbers and a colon ( : ).

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Column Types

No Bound Choices

Big Integer

Days of week

Decimal

Duration

Encrypted Password

Float

HTML

Integer

Journal Input

JSON

Password

Percent Complete

Phone

Script

Small Integer

String

Text

Translated Text

URL

Choice-like Fields

Boolean

Choice

Color

Conditions

Date

Date/Time

Date Time Specific

Document ID

Field Name

Image

List

Record Class

Reference

Template

Time