Field is a specific data type that collects and stores your information. For example, the Customer module may contain fields such as name, address and gender. The name field stores a customer name and alphanumeric values which is short text, thus you can set the data type to Text. For the address field which usually stores longer text than the name field, you can set the data type to TextArea.
The user interface for each data field will be displayed differently depending on its data type. For example, the Text field type accepts any characters and will be displayed in a text box format, the Date field type accepts only date values and will be displayed in a calendar format, and the Email field type accepts only valid email formats and will be displayed in a text box format.
Each field has a name, which will be referred throughout the module, and its own set of properties, which can be configured individually for each field.
Witly offers many different data types to support your unique requirements. The list of field types is displayed in the table below.
Field Type | Description | Display |
Text | Accept any values; e.g. plain text, special characters and numbers. | Single line text |
Big Number | Accept numbersrange from 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. | Single line text with number validator |
Number | Accept numbers range from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. | Single line text with number validator |
Small Number | Accept numbers range from -32,768 to 32,767. | Single line text with number validator |
Tiny Number | Accept numbers range from 0 to 255. | Single line text with number validator |
Decimal | Accept numbers with decimal place. | Single line text with number validator |
Currency | Accept numbers with decimal places and displayed with a selected currency symbol. | Single line text with number validator |
Date Time | Accept date and time values. | Single line text with calendar and time picker |
Date | Accept date values and displayed in a calendar button format. | Single line text with calendar picker |
Checkbox | Accept Yes or No value. | Checkbox |
Picklist | Accept single value from a list that you create. | Single selection list |
TextArea | Accept any values; e.g. plain text, special characters and numbers. Up to 8,000 characters. | Multi line text |
URL | Accept valid URL format. | Single line text with format validator |
Lookup | Accept values from other modules. This field requires bind relationship. | Single line text with browse button |
Auto Number | Automatically calculated by a given formula. | Single line text |
Image | Accept image by allowing users to upload an image file. | Single line text with browse button |
File | Accept file by allow users to uploading a file. | Single line text with browse button |
Text Editor | Accept any values similar to the TextArea field type but with rich text formatting option. | Rich text Editor |
Email | Accept valid email address format. | Single line text with format validator |
Map | Accept a location by its latitude and longitude and displayed in Google Map. | Single line text |
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Last modified on Sep 19, 2018