Viewing Instance Model Properties

When you select any field in the instance model table, all information available for the field is displayed in the Properties pane.

The Properties pane for an Instance Model field contains the following tabs:

• General. The General tab is identical and standard for all entities. For more information, see Viewing General Properties.
• Options. The Options tab contains the following check boxes:
  • Required
  • Deprecated
  
• Type. The Type tab contains the Data Type drop-down list and a Reference Value field, as shown in the following image.
  

  The fields that appear depends on which data type is selected. The Data Type drop-down list consists of the following elements:

  • String. If String is selected, the following validation fields appear:

    Max Length. Optional numerical values only. Acceptable values are from 0 up to the max integer value of 2147483647.

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

  • Integer. If Integer is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, the following validation field appears:

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

  • Long. If Long is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, the following validation field appears:

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

  • Float. If Float is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, then the following constraints become available:

    Precision. Positive integers limited by the product. The default are 15 and 3.

    Scale. Positive integers limited by the product. The default are 15 and 3.

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

  • Double. If Double is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, the following validation fields appear:

    Precision. Positive integers limited by the product. The default are 15 and 3.

    Scale. Positive integers limited by the product. The default are 15 and 3.

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

  • Boolean. If Boolean is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, the following validation field appears:

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

  • Date. If Date is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, the following validation field appears:

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

  • Datetime. If Datetime is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, the following validation field appears:

    Content Type. A drop-down provides access to the available Content Types.

• Identifier. If Identifier is selected from the Data Type drop-down list, then a Reference Value field and a Change button becomes available. After clicking Change, the Identifier Selector wizard appears.

Note: There are no field constraints for Integer, Long, Date, and DateTime.