Type Attributes
The attributes within a type must also be correctly added and configured in order for the type to be valid. You must specify both a name and a type for each attribute. The available attribute types are listed in the following table.
Attribute Type |
Description |
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Binary |
Binary data; any sequence of bytes. |
Boolean |
A boolean value; either "true" or "false". |
Character |
A single character, such as "A". |
Country |
A country code, as defined by the ISO-3166 standard, such as "DE" for Germany. |
Currency |
A currency code, as defined by the ISO-4217 standard, such as "EUR" for Euro. |
Date |
A date, which must use the form yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.n, such as "2021-04-25 10:33:06.0". Also, see Date, Time, and DateTime Record Field Types. |
Excel |
An Excel document. This is the same as Binary Data, except that you can preview the document and perform basic Excel operations on it. |
HTML |
An HTML clip. This is the same as a Long Text, except that you can preview the clip in a browser window. |
Image |
An image. This is the same as Binary Data, except that you can preview the image. |
Integer |
An integer, such as 12. The possible range is from -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807, both inclusive. |
JSON |
A JSON value is either a JSON text or JSON Simple type where the JSON Simple type is either a JSON literal, a number, or a string. |
Language |
A language code, as defined by the ISO-639 standard, such as "de" for German. |
Long Text |
A long text. Displayed in a multi-line text box. |
Number |
A number, such as 12.345. The possible range is from ±2.2×10−308 to ±1.8×10308 with slightly more than 15 digits of accuracy. |
Password |
A password. Displayed in a password field that shows asterisks instead of the characters in the password. |
|
A PDF document. This is the same as Binary Data, except that you can preview the PDF document. |
Properties |
A text that represents a list of properties where each property is a name/value pair. For more information, see Properties Attribute Type. |
Session |
A session (containing cookies, authentications, and so on). |
Short Text |
A short text. Displayed in a one-line text field. |
XML |
An XML document. This is the same as a Long Text, except that only well-formed XML documents are allowed. |