Field Attributes

Learn about field attributes.

Field attributes define additional properties for fields displayed in masks and lists. You can define field attributes to display a field without label or as hyperlink etc., to perform special checks on a field, or to apply special functions.

You can specify field attributes for all controls except the Matchup control.

Note: Field attributes are applied on top of the attributes determined by the user's access rights (e.g., you can set a field to read-only even when a user is allowed to edit it according to his access rights) and on top of style sheet settings (e.g. you can specify Colspan and Rowspan per field).

Fields for which attributes are defined, are displayed in orange (except in the Default control).

If a field control definition contains multiple occurrences of the same field, you can define different field attributes for each occurrence.

Note: Defining different field attributes for multiple occurrences of the same field is supported for all controls except Default and Matchup.
Note: Defining different field attributes is not supported for linked fields.

To customize a field:

  1. Select a field in the central part of the Field Control Editor.

    The current settings for the selected field are displayed on the right part of the Field Control Editor. (The field's name, XML name, ID and type are output at the top. For further details, see Field Names and IDs and Data Types in Aurea CRM.)

    The attributes list contains only attributes available for the current context, i.e. depending on control type and field type. Example: The Document field attribute is only available for text fields (type C), the Enhanced Search Field attribute is only available for Search controls, etc. For the Default control field attributes are filtered by field type only. Attributes are not filtered by mode.

    For a complete list, see the article “Relevant Field Attributes for Aurea CRM” at https://support.aurea.com.

    Use the / (Show all attributes / Hide empty attributes) buttons to toggle between displaying all available and the currently defined attributes.

  2. Define the following:
    • Label: You can define alternate field labels here, e.g. when adding a field twice for entering ranges (From/To postal code). The texts are saved in the net_alternate_field_labels text group. For further details, see Texts. This label overrules field names defined globally on the Alternate Field Labels page. For further details, see Alternate Field Labels.
    • Tool Tip: currently no function - on mouse-over field labels tooltips display the field help. If no field help exists for a field, the tooltip displays the field label and the max. number of characters. For further details, see Field Help.
    • Function: You can enter e.g. a comparison function for a field. The FI Search control in e.g. uses operators for entering a Postal Code range:

      Valid operator combinations:

      ">" and "<"

      ">=" and "<"

      ">" and "<="

      ">=" and "<="

      Default is "="

      Click on (Edit functions) to view and edit all functions defined for the fields of a control in one popup. The popup lists all fields plus their functions, if defined.
    • Modes: Select the mode for which a field attribute setting applies:
      • For Details controls you can define different sets of field attributes for New, Update or generally (Details (All)).
      • For Default controls you can define different sets of field attributes for all "modes": All Controls, Details (All), New, Update, View (for MiniDetails controls), Search (for Search controls) and List (for List and MatchupList controls).
      • For the other controls the mode is fixed.
    • Set Field Attributes as described in the following chapters.
  3. Save the control definition.

Use the Default control to define default field attributes for all fields of an info area: These definitions are used by all controls that have no specific field attributes definition for a field. For further details, see Default control.