Manage Fields page

Name

Oracle database column name for the field. 

Format

One of the following values:

·        String—Alphanumeric text value for the field.

·        Integer—Positive integer value for the field.

·        Date—Date in mm/dd/yyyy format in the field.

Filter

·        Yes if the field acts as a display filter, appearing above tables of topic-related data as a drop-down list populated by all stored values. See Identifying a field as a filter field.

·        Select No for fields that are not used to filter displayed data.

Custom/Standard

One of the following values:

·        Standard—A field included in all topic workflow configurations.

·        Custom—A field added to the topic workflow configuration by your organization.

Display Name

Name of the field as it appears in the user interface.

Order

Position of the field within the workflow. The number indicates the place in the workflow of the field.

The context determines where the Empirica Signal application uses the order:

·        For a topic—In the Add Topic or Topic General Information section of the Topic.

·        For an action—In the Add Action or Action General Information section of the Topic Action page.

·        For an attachment—On the Add Attachment page.

You can modify the order of both standard and custom fields.

Note: The order applies to all fields with a given context. You can assign a single order value for the field.

Context

One or more of the following values:

·        Topic

·        Action

·        Attachments

·        Work teams

Field Type

One of the following field type options:

·        Single Value—A single value field type. This is the default field type. 

·        Append-only— A multiple values field type in which a previously selected value cannot be removed. See Adding a multi-selection list field.

·        Multiple Values—A multiple values field type that supports adding and removing values.

·        Append-only and constrained—An append-only field whose values are restricted based on work team. See Constraining field values by work team.

·        Linked—The subsidiary field in a linked pair. See Adding linked fields.

Field Values

Defined values for the field:

·        A field with defined values appears with a list selection control in the user interface. See Adding a drop-down list field or Adding a multi-selection list field.

·        A field without defined values appears as a value-entry field.