Data Types

Data types

Each object in the dataModel element above should have the following structure:

{
    "dataType": <data type>
    "name": <string>
    "constraints": <array or computed expression>
    "computed": <computed expression object>
    "validate": <list of validation strings>
    "units": <optional field to specify the units numerical values are recorded in, if applicable>
    "decimalPlaces": <optional field to specify the number of supported decimal places for number data types.  Default value is 2>
}

General data type parameters

Each data type parameter is described in the section Supported data types below with the particulars of its use however parameters that are applicable to every data type are described here and are called general parameters.

• name
• computed
• validate
• units

name

String. The field name. It is used as the value for source in a view type. It must be unique in the JSON dataModel section.

Supported data types

• text
• stringList
• number
• date
• time
• set
• list
• species
• image
• boolean
• document
• feature
• geoMap
• photoPoints

stringList

Purpose

Stores a list of strings

View types that can use it

• selectMany
• select2Many
• selectManyCombo

Parameters

constraints

Optional list that constrain the possible values contained in each entry of the stringList

Example

SelectMany View Type and stringList Data Type Example