Select the data type
The data type defines the kind of data the property defined by the template
will contain.
NOTE You
cannot change this attribute once you have created the property template.
- Binary
- Use the binary data type when the value is an image, for example for an icon or a bitmap
file.
- Boolean
- Boolean types indicate a true or false condition. An example would be a
property named Credit App Approved?
- DateTime
- Use the date/time data type to represent the date and time, including the year, month,
day, hour, minutes, seconds and thousandths of a second. For example, use
a date/time property to log the date and time the processing department received
a loan application.
- Float
- Use the float data type for a mathematical notation where a number is displayed with a
decimal point. Use float for scientific or engineering calculations where
the problems of a non-exact decimal representation are understood. Content
Engine Float values are stored using 64 bits.
- ID
- ID refers to GUID, a Microsoft unique global identifier and is compatible
with DCE UUIDs. An example of a GUID is 35471FC0-09FC-11d2-AE1B-006097703BDE.
As the name indicates, a general use case for this data type is to store unique
identifiers.
- Integer
- Integer property values can only comprise positive or negative numbers.
The allowable range is -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. Use the integer data type to store
numbers that represent such as things as a count or a score. Internally, an
integer is stored as 32 bits.
- Object
- An object property value holds references to other objects within the object
store. For example, a destination document created via publishing has an object-valued
property referencing (pointing to) the source document which created it.
- String
- A string data type can contain
characters such as numbers, letters, symbols, or spaces. An example of a string
is a name, address or driver's license number.