Page Composer Field Property Descriptions

Field properties are available for update when you click the pencil icon for a field.

Table 1-8 Field Properties

Property Description

Required

Select YES to set the field as mandatory. When saving updated, an error appears if the field is NULL. An asterisk appears to indicate the field is mandatory

Select NO to set the field as non-mandatory.

Displayed

Select YES to show the field / link in the panel.

Select NO to remove the field / link in the panel.

Read Only

Select YES to prevent the field value from being edited.

Select NO to enable the field value to be edited.

Tooltip

Enter a tooltip for the field. When a tooltip is added for a field, a This image shows the help icon. icon appears to the right of the field . This icon can be clicked to view the tooltip text.

Note:

Symbol # is not supported for tooltip.

Label
Enter the name of the label that appears for the field.

Note:

Symbol # is not supported for label text.

Charactercase

Enables you to enforce uppercase, lowercase, or mixed use characters for the input text in a field.

Default Value

Defines the default value for new records.

Note:

Symbol # is not supported for default value.

Background Color

Sets the background color for the field. Click the small box to launch a color picker and select a color from the chart; a hex value can also be entered.

Label Color

Sets the color for the field label. Click the small box to launch a color picker and select a color from the chart; a hex value can also be entered.

Text Color

Sets the text color for the field. Click the small box to launch a color picker and select a color from the chart; a hex value can also be entered.

Refresh

Select YES to immediately trigger the validation of a value entered by the user (typically set to YES).

For information on HEX Color Picker, refer to this site: https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp

In additional to YES and NO for field properties, Custom properties are also available. Refer to Adding Custom Business Logic using Expression Language for more information.

Flex Fields

Flex fields are user-definable fields that you can add to a panel. You can select either text, number, or date for a flex field.

For each record type, there are multiple flex fields available:

Table 1-9 Flex Fields

Record Character Date Number

Profile

UDFC1-40

UDFD1-20

UDFN1-20

Block

UDFC1-40

UDFD1-20

UDFN1-20

Reservation

UDFC1-40

UDFD1-20

UDFN1-20

In addition to the above field properties, Flex fields have the following additional properties:

Table 1-10 Flex Field Properties

Property Description

Value

Select the UDF flex field to store the value input by the user. For example, if you create a text field on the Reservation screen using the value UDFC10 and make it a required field, then you can also create a text field on the Check-in page referencing the same field value (UDFC10) and set properties as read-only = YES. The information entered into the field on the Reservation page appears as a read-only field on the Check-in page.

Field Length

Determines the size of the field on the form. It does not dictate the number of characters the field accepts.

Enable LOV

Determines if a list of values appears for the field; select YES to enable a list of values.

Allow Multi-select

This option determines if a user can select more than one value in the list; select YES to enable multiple values to be selected from the list. (Available when Enable LOV = YES).

LOV Group

Select the LOV group to use for the list. (Available when Enable LOV = YES).

Field Input Validation

Various predefined validations are provided to validate field input; primarily used to validate of the TAX1_NO and TAX2_NO fields for specific countries.

Adding Field Validator

  1. Click Add Validator.

  2. Click Predefined Validator, and then select the validation function from the list.

  3. Click Save to close.

Deleting Field Validator

Click the vertical ellipsis Actions menu and select Remove.

Regular Expressions

A Regular Expression can be used for pattern matching of string values. For more information on Regular Expression pattern matching, refer this site: https://regexr.com/

Adding RegEx Validator

  1. Click Add Validator.

  2. Click Regex Validator and then enter the RegEx expression into the field.

  3. Click Save. 

Related Topics

Parent topic: About Page Composer