Editing Fields

Property

Description

Field name

Field used in the attribute form.

Field alias

Field name used in the attribute form

Input field type

Specifies whether the input field in the attribute form is of type

See the sections below for detailed information about every specific input field type.

Note: WebOffice flex client currently only supports the field input types "text input" and "value list".

Text Input

Provides a normal text field where the user can enter a value.

Note: Attribute fields with range domain are supported by "text input". Range domain will only be validated for values which

1) belong to a field connected to a range domain

2) belong to an editable field

3) have been edited during a creation or editing process

Multiline Text Input

Provides a text field where the user can enter multiple lines.

Value List

Provides a drop down list of values that can be gained in three different ways (the choice listed first will override a choice listed afterwards):

Note: However, it is possible to restrict the available lookup values by entering specific existing field values into the editing field parameter Drop Down List. Only lookups for the specified values will be shown in the edit form list. Be aware that this functionality only works when using lookups but not when using subtypes/domains.

Checkbox

The option checkbox saves integer values (0=not checked or 1=checked) into the attribute field.

Slider

Use the slider for numerical values, especially rotation fields.

Note: The slider is only supported by the WebOffice html client, all other clients will replace it with a normal text input field.

When using a slider, keep in mind to configure the parameter Input Format the correct way.

File Name, File Path, File Upload

Activates a file dialog button in the client to support entering file information. All three options require an attribute field of type text (string) with sufficient field length.

Important: Option "file path" in MS Internet Explorer sends the whole path information to the server, all other browsers send the file name only.

Note: See also chapter Editing Attributes for details about the input field types in the WebOffice html client.

Mandatory field?

Specifies if the input field is mandatory and therefore populating the field with a correct value is the prerequisite for submitting the edit transaction.

Hierarchical level

Specifies the hierarchical level of the editing field, i.e. 1..top level, 2..next level below, etc.

Note: If on a given hierarchical input field level the maximum count of list values is exceeded then all input fields that hierarchically depend on this list will get gray. You could either increase the maximum list value count or not use hierarchical level functionality for the input field at all.

Note: Consider the use of hierarchical levels when working with Esri domains on subtypes. If a domain is configured on a subtype (eg subtype color green, domain color hue light green, dark green), the field color needs hierarchical level 1 and the field color hue needs hierarchical level 2. The field with hierarchical level 1 has to be configured as mandatory field. In that case the field with hierarchical level 2 will not provide any useless listbox, if no features have been selected in the first field before.

Drop down list

Provide allowed list values using the "|" symbol for separating values e.g. "protected|development|commercial".

Note: Specified values must be consistent with the field data type, i.e. if your field is of type "long integer" you cannot define drop down list values "a|b|c".

Note: If lookups are being used for this editing field, values of the drop down list can be delimited. Use the lookup-ID to define a value list. If a value cannot be found in the lookup table it will not be displayed in the client.

Note: If an Esri Domain or a subtype is defined for the field, this configuration parameter will be ignored.

Sorting

Sorting according to field type "fieldtype" or "alphanumeric" (for string fields only, especially useful for house numbers and other alphanumerical values).

Input validation

Specifies the input validation type if the "Input field type" is "text input".

Input format

You can specify a formatting string for the user input: "\n" for number "\c" for characters, Eg "\n\n\n\n" could be a 4 digit zip code.

Notes: An empty entry means no format check. Administrators should tell their users about the format by setting a field alias with an example. With WebOffice 10.2 SP3 the specified format will not be shown in the client anymore.

Note: When using Input Field Type "slider" this parameter should be defined the following way: "minimum value|maximum value|interval|map preview (true, false)|rotation style (arithmetic[Default], geographic)|additional assistance stroke (true, false[Default])"

Example: "0|360|10|true|geographic|true" will provide a slider from 0 to 360 with intervals of 10, there will be a map preview and the rotation style will be geographic. See chapter Editing Attributes for details.

Default value

Specifies a default value. Using the keyword {date} as default value for an editing field of type "date" provides the current date as default value. Using the keyword {user} as default value for an editing field of type "string" provides the currently logged in user as default value. If you did not log in the users name (set by WebOffice) is "anonymous".

Reuse the last input value?

Is the last value to be reused as default value during an object creation?

Note: This feature eases editing of multiple features of the same type. As long as the edit form is activated, the last input values will be reused even if the edit layer is changed. When the edit form is closed, the input values will be lost.

Show field?

Set to "Yes" if the field should be displayed in the edit form, set "No" if the field should not be visible in the WebOffice 10.2 SP3 client edit form (this may be useful if you, e.g. want to pass the field to an integrated external web application – see chapter Integrated Editing Application for details)