No Bound Choices
Field types that do not offer to a user any choices to select from.
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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 interface, it is displayed as an input field with a numeric value in it. | int8 | The value specified should not exceed this range: [9223372036854775807 ... 9223372036854775806]. |
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 specified. It stores an integer number inside. | int8 | The validation processing:
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Encrypted Password | This field type is used to provide secure password storage in the database, with the decoding ability (2-way encryption). Before saving, password encodes basing on one of the encryption algorithm and a random string. Before usage, decoding performs. See the Password columns article to learn more. | varchar | This field can contain all kinds of symbols. The length is limited up to 128 symbols. |
Float | This field type implements a floating point number. | float4 | Validation criteria:
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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 for the intermediate data storage when the comments are being added. It is implemented as a text-area with a placeholder of the field title. 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. |
JSON | This field type is physically stored as JSON. See the Text columns article to learn more. | jsonb | Field content example: JSON {"name":"John", "age":30, "cars": {"car1":"Ford", "car2":"BMW", "car3":"Fiat" } }
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 | Displayed as an input field with password type. 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:
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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:
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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. | 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. To learn more about this field type, please refer to the Translated Text field article. | 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.
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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. | varchar | This field can contain all kinds of symbols. If the string length is not set, then it is limited up to 80 symbols. See Choice fields article to learn more. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 (concised 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:
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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:
Date elements are validated to meet the following criteria:
Available symbols in this field:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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:
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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:
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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:
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Record Class | This field type is meant to signify the table to which the specified record relates. For more information, please refer to the Record Class article. | int8 | The value specified should not exceed this range: [9223372036854775807 ... 9223372036854775806]. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | The value specified should not exceed this range: [9223372036854775808 ... 9223372036854775807]. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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:
The allowed symbols are numbers and a colon ( : ). |
