Custom Field Management - Configuration XML

Modified on Tue, 06 May 2014 at 05:57 AM

This document outlines structure of the configuration XML. 


<CustomFields> Element


<CustomFields>

   <Organization/>

   <Person/>

</CustomFields>


Attributes

None


Elements

Organization Contains definitions specific to the Organizations Page
Person Contains definitions specific to the Person page



<Organization> Element


<Organization>

   <Tab/>

</Organization>


Attributes

None


Elements

Tab Contains definitions specific to the Organizations Page



<Person> Element


<Person>

   <Tab/>

</Person>


Attributes

None


Elements

Tab Contains definitions specific to the Organizations Page



<Tab> Element


<Tab title="Tab Title" id="1">

   <FieldSet/>

   <Grid/>

</Tab>


Attributes

title The name of the title as it will appear on the Organization of Person page
id The id that will identify the tab. Must be unique within a parent element


Elements

FieldSet Defines a collection of fields within a tab.  A tab can contain multiple FieldSets.  Each FieldSet is edited as a set of fields.


<FieldSet> Element


<FieldSet title="FieldSet Title" id="1">

   <Field/>

</FieldSet>


Attributes

title The name of the title as it will appear on the Organization of Person page
id

The id that will identify the fieldset. Must be unique within portal settings

Elements

Field Define the custom filed




<Field> Element


<Field title="Label" id="1" type="string" class="date">

   <Option/>

</Field>


Attributes

title The name of the title as it will appear on the Organization of Person page
id The id that will identify the tab. Must be unique within portal settings
type  Determines the type of the field, how it is displayed on the screen.  Possible values are - 
string text box that supports string value
date displays a date drop-box 
checkbox checkbox with a label
checkboxbr checkbox with a new line at the end of it
dropbox drop-box with predefined values.  NOTE: you will need to provide the Option element
textarea
multi-line text box

class Determines validation of the field.  You can combine multiple valued separated by space.  Possible values are -
required
Makes the field required within the fieldset
email
Validates that the value in the field is formatted as an email (xxx@xxx.xxx)
url
Validates that the value is formatted as an url
date
Validates that the value is a date
dateISO
Validates that the value is a ISO date
number
Validates that the value is a number.  Can contain comma and period for formatting
digits
Validates that the value is a string of numbers
creditcard
???


Elements

Option Needed for field of type dropbox.  Contains the list of elements for the drop-down




<Option> Element


<Option title="Option Title" value="1"/>


Attributes

title Value that will be displayed in the drop-down and will be visible to the user.
value Value that will be saved to the database.  This value will not be visible to the user.


Elements

None



<Grid> Element


<Grid title="title" id="id">

   <Column/>

</Grid>


Attributes

title The name of the title as it will appear on the Organization of Person page
id

The id that will identify the grid. Must be unique within portal settings

Elements

Column Defines the elements and columns within a table


<Column> Element


<Column title="Column Name" id="1" type="string" class="date">

   <Option/>

</Column>


Attributes

title The name of the title as it will appear in the table header
id The id that will identify the column. Must be unique within a parent element
type  Determines the type of the column, how it is displayed on the screen.  Possible values are - 
string text box that supports string value
date displays a date drop-box 
checkbox checkbox with a label
checkboxbr checkbox with a new line at the end of it
dropbox drop-box with predefined values.  NOTE: you will need to provide the Option element
textarea
multi-line text box

class Determines validation of the column.  You can combine multiple valued separated by space.  Possible values are -
required
Makes the field required within the fieldset
email
Validates that the value in the field is formatted as an email (xxx@xxx.xxx)
url
Validates that the value is formatted as an url
date
Validates that the value is a date
dateISO
Validates that the value is a ISO date
number
Validates that the value is a number.  Can contain comma and period for formatting
digits
Validates that the value is a string of numbers
creditcard
???


Elements

Option Needed for field of type dropbox.  Contains the list of elements for the drop-down


 Example


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<CustomFields>

  <Organization>

    <Tab title="Test tab" id="tab1">

      <FieldSet title="Test fields" id="fieldSet1">

        <Field title="Field date" id="field2" type="date" class="date" />

        <Field title="Field string" id="field1" type="string" class="required" />

        <Field title="Field email" id="field3" type="string" class="required email" />

        <Field title="Is Worker" id="isworker" type="checkbox" class="" />

        <Field title="Is Manager" id="ismanager" type="checkboxbr" class="" />

        <Field title="Is aaa" id="aaa" type="checkbox" class="" />

        <Field title="Type" id="type" type="dropdown" class="" >

          <Option value="" title="[Not Set]"></Option>

          <Option value="Tech" title="Technical"></Option>

          <Option value="Biz" title="Business"></Option>

        </Field>

      </FieldSet>

    </Tab>

    <Tab title="test tab 2" id="tab2">

      <Grid id="grid1" title="Test Grid">

        <Column title="#" id="columnwho" type="string" class="number"></Column>

        <Column title="String" id="column1" type="string" class="required"></Column>

        <Column title="Date" id="column2" type="date" class="date"></Column>

        <Column title="Email" id="column3" type="string" class="required email" gridVisible="false"></Column>

        <Column title="Is Worker" id="isworker" type="checkbox" class="" />

        <Column title="Is Manager" id="ismanager" type="checkboxbr" class="" />

        <Column title="Type" id="type" type="dropdown" class="" >

          <Option value="" title="[Not Set]"></Option>

          <Option value="Tech" title="Technical"></Option>

          <Option value="Biz" title="Business"></Option>

        </Column>

      </Grid>

    </Tab>

  </Organization>

  <Person>

    <Tab title="Test tab" id="ctab1">

      <FieldSet title="Test fields" id="fieldSet1">

        <Field title="Field string" id="field1" type="string" class="required" />

        <Field title="Field date" id="field2" type="date" class="date" />

        <Field title="Field email" id="field3" type="string" class="required email" />

        <Field title="Manager name" id="field4" type="string" class="" />

      </FieldSet>

      <Grid id="grid1" title="Test Grid">

        <Column title="String" id="column1" type="string"></Column>

        <Column title="Date" id="column2" type="date"></Column>

        <Column title="Email" id="column3" type="string" class="email"></Column>

      </Grid>

    </Tab>

  </Person>

</CustomFields>

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