Column Types

No bound choices

Field types that do not offer choice options to select from.

Field Type	Description	Scalar Type	Value length or example, validation criteria
Big Integer	It is a numeric field type used to store large numbers. The 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 the following big integer range: [-9223372036854775808 … 9223372036854775807]
Days of week	This field is displayed as a drop-down list with checkboxes presenting the days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Several options can be selected. Technically, the field stores a numeric value or a sum of values. The size of data is 2 bytes. Each day of the week is assigned a value: Monday = 1 Tuesday = 2 Wednesday = 4 Thursday = 8 Friday = 16 Saturday = 32 Sunday = 64 For example, if Tuesday (2) and Wednesday (4) are selected, the field value is 6.	int2	Minimum value of the field is 0 (days not selected). Maximum value of the field is 127 (all days selected).
Decimal	This field type implements numbers with up to two digits after the decimal point (for example, 12.34).	decimal
Duration	This field type is used to calculate the duration between two events in milliseconds. It stores an integer number.	int8	The validation processing: The input string is categorized by the date and time parts (days, hours, minutes, seconds). It converts into a total millisecond amount and is saved as a Big Integer number.
Encrypted Password	This field type is used to provide secure password storage in a database, with the decoding ability (two-way encryption). Before saving, the password is encoded based on one of the encryption algorithms and a random string. The password must be encoded before it can be used.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols. The value length is limited to 255 symbols.
Float	This field type implements a floating-point number.	float4	Validation criteria: Only numbers, a comma or a dot are allowed. Maximum string length is 14 symbols. Maximum fraction size is 12 symbols (after a delimiter that can be a comma or a dot, depending on a user's preference).
HTML	This field type is implemented as a rich text widget. There are various settings displayed as HTML tags in a 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. There are two modes to use in this field: rich text editor and source editor. You can enter the source editor by clicking Source on the panel. Changes made to one of the modes are displayed in another mode, and vice versa.	text	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and its length is unlimited until explicitly specified with the Max Length attribute.
Integer	This is a numeric field type. The size of the stored data is 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. Due to its specifics, the field cannot be read-only. It is implemented as a text area with a placeholder or a field title. There are two ways to leave a comment using the Journal Input column type: via a journal input field: Enter the text in the field. Click Save or Save and Exit. via the Activity Feed module: Click the Activity Feed module. Select the tab representing the message type you need. Enter text. When comments are added, they are stored in two tables: Activities Stream Fields (sys_activities_stream_field) – comments from Activity Feeds that act as the user interface formatter. Activity Feed Items (sys_activity_feed_item) – comments for the widget that can be configured via the <activityFeed> SimpleTag. If async after business rules are 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 its length is unlimited until explicitly specified with the Max Length attribute.
JSON	This field type stores values in JSON.	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 the JSON type are validated in the same way as fields containing JSON strings. To learn more about this, refer to the official JSON documentation.
Password	This field stores passwords. It is displayed as an input field.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols. The value length is limited to 255 symbols.
Percent Complete	This field type is used to display the work progress in percent.	decimal	Field validation criteria: May contain numbers [0..100]. Maximum fraction size is 2 symbols. Maximum length is 6 symbols.
Phone	This field stores phone numbers. In the SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as an input field with the phone number.	varchar	Phone validation criteria: May contain: (+-), spaces, and numbers. Maximum length is 15 symbols.
Script	This field type can contain a text string of unlimited length. In the SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a CodeMirror widget (JavaScript component that provides the ability to edit code in a browser).	text	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and its length is unlimited until explicitly specified with the Max Length attribute.
Small Integer	This is a numeric field type. The size of the data stored is 2 bytes.	int2	The value specified should not exceed this range: [-32768 ... +32767].
String	This field type can contain a string with the minimum length of 255 symbols. 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, it is limited to 255 symbols; otherwise, the limit can be higher or lower.
Text	This field type contain a text string of unlimited length. The mеmory is allocated dynamically when processing the field.	text	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and its length is unlimited until explicitly specified with 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 Fields article to learn more.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols, and its length is unlimited until explicitly specified with the Max Length attribute.
URL	This field type is used to store a URL.	varchar	This field can contain all kinds of symbols. The value length is limited to 2048 symbols.

Choice-like fields

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

Field Type

Description

Scalar Type

Value length or example, validation criteria

Boolean

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

In the SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a checkbox. You can change its default value to true or false by selecting or clearing it.

boolean

true

false

Choice

This field type implements the choice functionality.

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

See the Choice Fields article to learn more.

For this type of fields, supporting fields were created in the sys_db_column table. Configuration settings of the items to be selected are located in the sys_choice table. The following types of choice options are available (they vary by the Choice Type field 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, it is limited 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, when configuring 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 the SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as a filter configuration widget. It stores JSON conditions.

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, within one day and without specifiying the time. The size of the data stored is 4 bytes.

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

date

A date must be in 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 the SimpleOne interface, it is displayed as an input field with a date and time picker.

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 the 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.

timestamp

The datetime can be written in 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 as universally unique identifiers (UUID).

A UUID is described as a series of 32 hexadecimal characters separated by hyphens into five groups in an 8-4-4-4-12 pattern:

8-digit group
three groups of 4 digits each
12-digit group

It is 32 digits and 128 bits total.

When appears 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 a string or the magnifier icon and select a table and a column.

uuid

Validation criteria:

The input value is validated to ensure that it is a string value.
The validation is then performed according to a predefined pattern as described in the Description column.

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

Field Name

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

To specify a reference, complete the steps below:

Add this field to the form using the Form Layout functionality.
Right-click 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 the changes.

int8

The input string is validated to ensure that it is a string value.

Image

This field type is used to store uploaded image files in the following formats: .jpeg, .png, .gif, .webp, .bmp, .svg, .ico.

In the 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 can contain a text string of unlimited length. It stores record IDs of the specified table and is displayed as a list of record values (which are the references to the record form). It provides you with the functionality of adding, previewing, and deleting records.

See the Reference Fields 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 used to label the table to which the specified record is related.

The Record Class field is created for a table once a newly inherited table is created for it. Initially, when creating a new root table (without any parents), the table will not have this field. Type of the stored data is ID. The size of the stored data is 8 bytes.

int8

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

Example of usage:

The Task table and its child table, the Incident table, have several records.
When you look through a task list, you can find incidents among the mass of the tasks.
For your purposes, you need to find incidents while being in the Task table context.
To do this, you can filter these records based on the Record Class field.
The Record Class field is a system field. It is always read-only and inaccessible for editing.

Reference

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

See the Reference Fields article to learn more.

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

int8

You can use this range of whole big integers: [-9223372036854775808 … 9223372036854775807]

Template

This field type allows for 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 in template forms. You can use a range of whole bug integers if required. The field allows for applying stored data to records created from templates.

The elements are objects in the 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 on the Type Specification tab with the appropriate table.

json

Template

// the 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. The timezone is not taken into account. The date is not stored. The size of the stored data is 8 bytes.

time

The time can be written in 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