Interface MetadataField

interface MetadataField {
    align?: string;
    autoIncrement: boolean;
    calculated: boolean;
    caption: string;
    defaultValue?: any;
    description?: string;
    dimension: boolean;
    displayField?: FieldKey;
    excelFormat?: string;
    excludeFromShifting?: boolean;
    extFormat?: string;
    extFormatFn?: Function;
    facetingBehaviorType?: string;
    fieldKey: FieldKey;
    friendlyType: string;
    getDisplayField?: GetDisplayField;
    hidden: boolean;
    importAliases?: string[];
    inputType?: string;
    jsonType: string;
    keyField: boolean;
    label?: string;
    lookup?: any;
    measure: boolean;
    mvEnabled: boolean;
    name: string;
    nullable: boolean;
    readOnly: boolean;
    recommendedVariable?: boolean;
    scale?: number;
    shortCaption: string;
    shownInDetailsView: boolean;
    shownInInsertView: boolean;
    shownInLookupView: boolean;
    shownInUpdateView: boolean;
    sortable: boolean;
    sqlType?: string;
    tsvFormat?: string;
    type: string;
    userEditable: boolean;
    width: number;
}

Properties

align? autoIncrement calculated caption defaultValue? description? dimension displayField? excelFormat? excludeFromShifting? extFormat? extFormatFn? facetingBehaviorType? fieldKey friendlyType getDisplayField? hidden importAliases? inputType? jsonType keyField label? lookup? measure mvEnabled name nullable readOnly recommendedVariable? scale? shortCaption shownInDetailsView shownInInsertView shownInLookupView shownInUpdateView sortable sqlType? tsvFormat? type userEditable width

Properties

Optionalalign

align?: string

autoIncrement

autoIncrement: boolean

calculated

calculated: boolean

caption

caption: string

OptionaldefaultValue

defaultValue?: any

Optionaldescription

description?: string

Description of the underlying column

dimension

dimension: boolean

Whether this field is a dimension. Data dimensions define logical groupings of measures.

OptionaldisplayField

displayField?: FieldKey

If the field has a display field this is the field key for that field.

OptionalexcelFormat

excelFormat?: string

OptionalexcludeFromShifting

excludeFromShifting?: boolean

OptionalextFormat

extFormat?: string

OptionalextFormatFn

extFormatFn?: Function

OptionalfacetingBehaviorType

facetingBehaviorType?: string

fieldKey

fieldKey: FieldKey

FieldKey for this field.

friendlyType

friendlyType: string

OptionalgetDisplayField

getDisplayField?: GetDisplayField

If the field has a display field this function will return the metadata field object for that field.

hidden

hidden: boolean

Whether this field is hidden and not normally shown in grid views.

OptionalimportAliases

importAliases?: string[]

OptionalinputType

inputType?: string

jsonType

jsonType: string

keyField

keyField: boolean

Optionallabel

label?: string

Optionallookup

lookup?: any

If the field is a lookup, there will be four sub-properties listed under this property: schema, table, displayColumn, and keyColumn, which describe the schema, table, and display column, and key column of the lookup table (query).

measure

measure: boolean

Whether this field is a measure. Measures are fields that contain data subject to charting and other analysis.

mvEnabled

mvEnabled: boolean

name

name: string

The name of the field.

nullable

nullable: boolean

readOnly

readOnly: boolean

OptionalrecommendedVariable

recommendedVariable?: boolean

Optionalscale

scale?: number

shortCaption

shortCaption: string

shownInDetailsView

shownInDetailsView: boolean

Whether this field is intended to be shown in details views.

shownInInsertView

shownInInsertView: boolean

Whether this field is intended to be shown in insert views.

shownInLookupView

shownInLookupView: boolean

Whether this field is intended to be shown in lookup views.

shownInUpdateView

shownInUpdateView: boolean

Whether this field is intended to be shown in update views.

sortable

sortable: boolean

OptionalsqlType

sqlType?: string

OptionaltsvFormat

tsvFormat?: string

type

type: string

JavaScript type name of the field.

userEditable

userEditable: boolean

width

width: number

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