Viewing Editing Options

Edits Display mode shows all editing options (edit as a validation rule) that are available for fields in a record. Edits on a field vary from one record definition to another. To define parameters, access the Record Field Properties dialog box by double-clicking the field.

Field or Control	Description
Req (required)	Indicates whether the field is required. A user must enter a value before the record can be written to the database.
Edit	Specifies that the values for this field are validated against a table. The translate table stores the codes and translate values: Y/N (yes or no): Only two values, Y or N, are valid. Prompt: Values reside in a designated prompt table.
Prompt Table	Indicates the prompt table for a field. When a user clicks the prompt button or presses the ALT+5 key combination on a page, the system retrieves the values that are stored in this table.
Set Control Field	If you plan to use the Table Sharing feature to add an additional high-level key to identify common sets of values and handle exception values, add the name of the key here. The set control field determines which set of values appears, based on how you define table sharing.
Rs Dt (reasonable date)	Specifies whether a reasonable date test is performed on a date field. All date fields are automatically edited to ensure that you can enter only valid values. The reasonable date test warns if the date is outside a 30-day range before and after the current date. You can use this, among other tests, to guard against entering the wrong year in a date.
Event	Indicates whether any type of PeopleCode was added for this field. In addition, if PeopleCode was added, the field name will be boldface.