System task - General settings - Custom fields page

(Only visible to users with the Modify custom field definitions privilege) The Custom fields page in the General settings view is where you define custom fields and custom data types for your system entities.

Custom fields tab

The Custom fields tab lists all custom fields defined in your system and allows you to add new ones.

Each custom field is characterized by the following properties:
  • Entity icon/Field name: Click to hide description
    Custom field name and the entity type using it.
  • Data type: Click to hide description
    Custom field data type. The default data types are:
    • Text: Click to hide description
      Alphanumeric text.
    • Numeric: Click to hide description
      Integers in the range -2147483648 to 2147483647.
    • Decimal: Click to hide description
      Real numbers from -1E28 to 1E28.
    • Date: Click to hide description
      Gregorian calendar date.
    • Date/Time: Click to hide description
      Gregorian calendar date and time.
    • Boolean: Click to hide description
      Boolean data, represented by a check box.
    • Image: Click to hide description
      Image file. The supported formats are: bmp, jpg, gif, and png.
    • Entity: Click to hide description
      Security Center entity.
  • Default value: Click to hide description
    Preset default values are provided for certain data types. This column displays the default value that was selected when defining the custom field. The selected value appears when the field is displayed in the specific entity.
  • Mandatory: Click to hide description
    A value must be provided with this type of field, otherwise the system will not accept your changes.
  • Value must be unique: Click to hide description
    Indicates a key field. This option does not apply to fields using custom data types.
  • Group name/Priority: Click to hide description
    Name the custom field is grouped under, and the field’s order of appearance within the group. No group (1) is the default value. Custom fields that belong to no group appear first in the entity’s custom field page.
  • Owner: Click to hide description
    Name of the Global Cardholder Synchronizer role when the custom field is part of is part of a shared global entity definition.

Custom data types tab

The Custom data types tab lists all custom data types defined in your system and allows you to add new ones.

Each custom data type is characterized by the following properties:
  • Data type: Click to hide description
    Name of the custom data type.
  • Description: Click to hide description
    Optional data type description.
  • Values: Click to hide description
    Enumeration of acceptable values (text strings) for this data type.
  • Owner: Click to hide description
    Name of the Global Cardholder Synchronizer role when the custom data type is part of a shared global entity definition.