Difference between revisions of "UTA Standard Field Settings"

Revision as of 17:46, 1 April 2009

Adding a field

• Click the right arrow next to the field name and the field name will be copied to the label box.
• You can also type directly into the Label field and provide any field name you wish.
• All fields that have a name in the Label field have been added.

Removing a field

Click the left arrow next to the field name or select and delete the field name from the label box.

Mandatory

• The Mandatory check box will make the field mandatory before the record can be saved.
• This validation can be bypassed when saving the item as a draft by using the Save Draft button (if enabled)

Read Only

• The Read Only check box restricts the field from being changed by the user.
• The field can still be updated programmatically through the use of a template formula.

Track Changes

• The Track Changes check box enables tracking of any changes made to the standard field.

• Fields that have "Track Changes" enabled will be displayed with a sundial next to the field name
• Users that have been given the relevant Manager Permission will be able to view the field history.

Label

• All fields with a name in this field have been enabled.

Instruction

• Entry into this text box is used to provide mouse over help on a field.
• Type the help in the instruction box to the right of the label box. When completing a form if the user hovers their mouse of the field the instruction will be displayed.

Validation Message

• This box is used to control the message that is displayed when the user does not complete a Mandatory field and attempts to save the record.

Visibility Condition

• Whether or not the Standard Field is visible can be controlled using conditional statements in this box.

For example, if you used the following Visibility Condition the field would only be visible after 06 February 2009.

now()>'2009-02-06' 

These conditional statements can also refer to other fields:

'@Destination City@'='Toronto' 
'@Type@'!='Contract'