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Add object type properties

  1. From MarkView home, select Document Library > Admin.
  2. Select the Object Type tab.
  3. Locate the Object Type for which to add properties and click Details.
  4. Select the Object Type Properties tab and click Add.
  5. Complete the page as follows.

    Field

    Description

    Property Name

    Enter a unique name for the property. This name appears in uppercase, regardless of what you enter. For example, Claim_Number appears as CLAIM_NUMBER.

    Note Property Names cannot contain spaces.

    Property Label

    Enter text to appear as the field name for the property. This text appears in the case that you use. For example, Insurance Claim appears as Insurance Claim.

    Data Type

    Identify the data type that the property will accept:

    • String: Accepts a string of alphanumeric characters

    • Date: Accepts a date

    • Number: Accepts digits

    • Timestamp: Accepts a timestamp

    Data Length

    Specify how many characters the field accepts.

    Display Sequence

    Specify where in the sequence this property appears in relation to other properties.

    Multiple Values

    • Yes: Allows the user to enter multiple values for the property

    • No: Prohibits the entry of multiple values

    Mandatory

    • Yes: Makes the property a required value

    • No: Makes the property optional

    Editable

    • Yes: Allows the user to enter and change property content

    • No: Prevents the user from changing the value

    Label Changeable

    • Yes: Allows the user to change the label name

    • No: Does not allow the user to change the label name

    Uniqueness Within Parent

    Specify if values for this property must be unique across all objects of the same type. If you require a unique value, specify whether the system will consider case when determining the uniqueness of the value.

    • None

    • Case Sensitive

    • Case Insensitive

    Multiline

    • Yes: Allows the entry to be more than one line

    • No: Does not allow the entry to be more than one line

    Searchable

    • Yes: Allows the user to search the Object Type

    • No: Does not allow the user to search the Object Type

    Visible

    • Yes: Shows the Object property

    • No: Does not show the Object property

    Search Results Order

    Specify whether this property value is used when putting search results in order.

    For example, the Claim Date property has a Search Results Order of 1 and Claim Number has a Search Results Order of 2. After a search, MarkView shows the Claim Date first and the Claim Number second.

    Default Value

    Displays the default value of the property.

    Long LOV

    Allows the list of values to respond to query. Requires customization.

  6. Click Save.
  7. To associate document types with the object type, continue to step 4 in the next section.