The Field node contains information about the attributes of a particular field on the screen.
| Attribute | Mandatory | Possible Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| columnName | Yes | A valid attribute name. | The entity attribute name, as it appears on the database. |
| label | No | Any valid entry from the associated properties file | This attribute maps directly to the UIM field label attribute. |
| modify | No | Yes / No / Many | By default a field is modifiable on the entity's
modify screen. By setting this attribute to
No, the field will be read-only on
the modify screen.
Case Participant fields are slightly different as they are typically not modifiable. By setting this attribute to Yes, it will be possible to leave it blank on the create and to set it once on the modify screen. After it has been entered once, it will be read-only on the modify screen. Alternatively, by setting this attribute to Many, it will be possible to overwrite it many times on the modify screen. |
| use_default | No | true / false | If specified, maps directly to the UIM field USE_DEFAULT attribute |
| use_blank | No | true / false | If specified, maps directly to the UIM field USE_BLANK attribute |
| notOnEntity | No | Yes / No | If set to Yes this attribute indicates that the field is not directly mapped to an entity field. Teh default is No |
| metatype | No | Any metatype recognized by the Evidence Generator (please see the appendix for a complete listing) | The metatype is a way of specifying additional information about an attribute, and how it should be formatted. |
| mandatory | No | Yes / No | Determines whether the mandatory indicator should be set on the field in the create and modify screens. The default is No |