Module fields

Fields are created in the modules folder fields. The result is the automatic creation of the corresponding field in the module table.

The file is structured as follows:

<field>
   <name></name> <!-- required -->
   <type></type> <!-- required -->
   <length></length> <!-- Angabe der Feldlänge -->
   <default></default> <!-- Value der bei Create Record eingetragen wird -->
   <not_null></not_null> <!-- Darf das Feld NULL sein? Default: 'yes' -->
   <pk></pk> <!-- Primary key in der Tabelle? Default: 'no' -->
   <unique></unique> <!-- Der Value im Feld muss eindeutigsein -->
   <precision></precision>
   <scale></scale>
   <is_native></is_native>
   <value_option_key></value_option_key>
   <modules> <!-- nur für  CEExternalObjectLink und CEObjectLink -->
      <module></module>
   </modules> 
   <audit></audit> <!-- true | false um das Audit zu aktivieren | deaktivieren -->
   <dimensions>
     <dimension>channel</dimension>
     <dimension>locale</dimension>
   </dimensions>
</field>

Naming Rules

The following characters are allowed for field names:

• lowercase letters
• numbers (not as first character)
• special character _ (underscore)

Not allowed are:

• uppercase letters
• special characters
• spaces
• reserved word "module"

The total length must not exceed 28 characters.

Available Values

The following values are available for the <type> depending on the context:

Tables with available field types

Type	Description	MSSQL	MySQL
CEAddressList
CEBoolean		BIT	BOOL
CEDate	Is used for a date field.	DATE	DATE
CEEmail	Is used for an e-mail.	NVARCHAR(128)	VARCHAR(128)
CEEmailList	Is used if several e-mail addresses are to be maintained.
CEEnum
CEId	Configuration see ceid-ceexternalid	CHAR(36)	CHAR(36)
CEIdList
CEInteger		INT	INT
CELong		BIGINT	BIGINT
CEPhone
CEText		NVARCHAR(MAX)	TEXT
CETextList
CETimestamp		DATETIME2(4)	DATETIME(4)
CEVarchar	Maximum length is limited to 450	NVARCHAR	VARCHAR
CEVarcharList
CEObjectLink	Configuration see ceid-ceobjectlink
CEObjectLinkList	Configuration see ceid-ceobjectlink
CEExternalObjectLink	Configuration see ceid-ceobjectlink
CEExternalObjectLinkList	Configuration see ceid-ceobjectlink
CEDouble		FLOAT(53)	DOUBLE
CEFloat		FLOAT(24)	FLOAT
CEExternalId	Configuration see ceid-ceexternalid	VARCHAR(63)	VARCHAR(63)
CEExternalIdList	Liste von CEExternalId	VARCHAR(63)	VARCHAR(63)
CEAdditionalPermission
CEAdditionalPermissionList
CEMetric	Data type for metric fields. name: Metric that is stored in this field. default_unit: The unit for the metric field. If not set like name.	FLOAT(53)	DOUBLE
CEMetricList	CEMetric[]

• Example
  For the task module, the XML (name.xml) for the name field looks like this

<field>
   <is_native>true</is_native>
   <name>name</name>
   <type>CEVarchar</type>
   <length>120</length>
   <not_null>true</not_null>
</field>

Element <dimensions>

Globally defined dimensions can be activated here. See dimensions_config. If an undefined dimension is specified, an error is output in catalina.out and the dimension is ignored.

CEMetric- Fields

The data type CEMetric allows to store data with one unit. The value for the unit (generated by the frontend) and the value for the base unit (generated by the backend) are stored.

The values are stored in the database with the data type CEDouble.

• Example
  Field configuration for field of type CEMetric:

<field>
  <is_native>true</is_native>
  <type>CEMetric</type>
  <not_null>true</not_null>
  <metric>
    <name>length</name>
    <default_unit>kilometer</default_unit><!-- if not set the value from name -->
  </metric>
</field>

Special field configuration

CEId-/CEExternalId- Fields

At these fields the target module must be configured. This is done with the element related_module in the XML. The newer variant provides for configuration in XML modules/module with only one module. If variant 2 does not work, use the old variant, otherwise use variant 2 for new developments.

Old variant (if possible do not use it anymore)

<field>
  <is_native>true</is_native>
  <type>CEExternalId</type>
  <not_null>true</not_null>
  <related_module>data</related_module>
 </field>

New variant

<modules>
  <module></module>
</modules>

only one "related" module is allowed here. As soon as exactly one "related" module is specified, a "virtual" relation is created. The name of the relation is constructed as follows: <parent_module>_<field_name>, where <parent_module> is the module where the field was configured. The relation can be used for "get" requests as well as for searching in both modules.

CEObjectLink-/CEExternalObjectLink- Fields

The configuration is similar to ceid-ceexternalid. The difference is that several related modules can be specified. For each specified module a "virtual" relation will be created. The name of the relation is constructed as follows: <parent_module>_<field_name>_<child_module>, where <parent_module> is the module in which the field was configured. The relation can be used for "get" requests as well as for searching in both modules.