The following table lists and describes the elements you can configure in midm.xml to define the fields for each search on the Record Details page.
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A description of the fields defined for the field-group element. This value appears as a box label for the area of the page that contains the specified fields. |
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One field definition for a field in the field group. Use the simple field names of the fields with their corresponding objects as the root. For example, the path to the FirstName field in the Person object is “Person.FirstName”. You can define multiple field-ref elements for each field group, each of which are further configured by the following two optional attributes. |
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An indicator of whether the field is required in order to perform a search. Specify any of the following values:
Tip – If you make a field required for a search, it is a good idea to make it required when creating a record as well by specifying true for the required property for the field in object.xml. Otherwise, searches performed from the MIDM could result in no possible matches even though possible matches exist. |
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An indicator of whether the field allows you to search by a range of values rather than an exact value. Specify any of the following values:
Tip – You can specify the same field for both exact and range searching by adding it twice to the field list with different attribute values, giving the choice of performing an exact search or a range search from the MIDM. For more information about range searching, see Range Searching in Understanding Sun Master Index Configuration Options . |