fields Schema
fields Schema

Glossary Item Box

Description

Characteristics of entity fields.

Elements

ElementDescription
ActiveA value of true indicates that the field can be displayed in the User Interface.
EditableA value of true indicates that the field value can be changed by users. This is for UI use. The REST API does not enforce editing permissions.
FieldCharacteristics of an entity field.
FieldsA collection of entity fields.
FilterableA value of true indicates that the user can use the field for filtering and sorting.
GroupableA value of true indicates that a user can group the results by values of this field.
HistoryA value of true indicates that change records are kept on this field.
List-IdIf Verify is true,indicating that the field value must be an element of a list, then List-Id is the ID of the list.
ReferencesLinks that use this field.
RelationReferenceA relation that uses this field. See the Relations schema and the relations resource.
RequiredA value of true indicates an entity cannot be created without a value for this field.
SizeThe maximum size of the data in bytes.
SupportsMultivalueIndicates whether the field can contain multiple values.
SystemA value of true indicates a field used by uncustomized installations of ALM. false indicates a user-defined field.
TypeThe data type. One of: String, UsersList, LookupList, Date, DateTime, Memo, Number, Reference. A Reference field contains the foreign key of the record that contains related information.
VerifyA value of true indicates that the field value must be an item in a list.
VersionControlledA value of true indicates that this field is version controlled in projects where versioning is enabled. A value of true does not mean that versioning is enabled for the project.
VirtualA value of true indicates that the field does not have a physical representation in the database.
VisibleIf false, for the current user, this field is not returned in the server response to queries and is not displayed in the ALM user interface.