Ektron CMS200/300 User Manual

Calculated Field ( )
Field Description
Using the Data Designer
Indexed Check if you want to index this field. For more
information, see "Indexing the Fields of a Data Design
Document" in the Supporting the Data Designer chapter
of the Developer Reference Guide.
The Indexed field may not appear, depending on how
your administrator has set up your system.
Item List This section of the screen displays the items that you
enter in the Value and Text fields.
Buttons let you remove items from this list as well as
rearrange them.
Place a check in the box of any item to be checked by
default on the data entry screen. If you do, the user can
accept the default or uncheck the item by clicking in the
checkbox.
Value Enter the value that is collected when the data entry
user selects this item.
For example, if Interests appears in the Name field, and
you want music to be collected when the data entry user
selects this item and saves the page, enter music here.
Text Enter text to describe this item on the data entry screen.
After you insert this field onto the screen, you can use
eWebeditPro+XML’s formatting capabilities to modify
its size, font, color, and other attributes.
Caption Enter text to guide the user’s selection. For example, if
the user needs to select an area of interest, the caption
could be Choose your interests.
Note: The Caption field only appears on this dialog
when you create the Select List field. If you later try to
edit the field, the Caption field is not on the dialog.
However, you can edit the Caption text within the editor.
Use a calculated field to perform a calculation based on values in
other fields. For example, if your screen collects mortgage
information, you could create one field to collect the mortgage and
interest payment and another to collect taxes and insurance. The
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