Viewing General Field Properties

General field properties are set in SBM Composer. The follow table describes those properties for non-relational field types.

Field Property	Description	Applies to
Logical Field Name	Indicates the name of the field as it appears to users. You can change this name in SBM Composer.	All field types
Database Field Name	Indicates the field name as it is stored in the database. The database field name cannot be changed or removed.	All field types
Description	The text entered here is displayed to users who hover the mouse pointer over the field name and in a help window users can opens from forms.	All field types
Spans Entire Row on Forms	If selected, this check box indicates that the field will appear on a single row on quick forms. If this check box is cleared, the field appears with another field on a row.	All field types, but does not impact the display of Text fields that are set as memo fields or fixed length fields whose length is greater than the Max Text Field Size setting located on the Display tab of the Settings dialog box.
Appears in Report Field Lists	When this check box is selected, the field is included on report forms. This enables you to simplify field lists for users who are creating reports. Depending on the type of field you are creating, when the Appears in Report Field List check box is selected, the field appears in the Field Specification, Select Columns to Display, Add Columns of Calculations, and Sorting lists on report forms. The field is also included in the Row and Column lists on Distribution reports and the Trend lists on Trend reports. By default, the Appears in Report Field List check box is selected. In addition, if a field is used on a report and the Appears in Report Field List check box is later cleared, the setting is ignored for that report.	All field types
Appears on Relational Field Value Lookup	If this check box is selected, the field is added to the Manage Data search form in SBM Application Administrator and the Relational Field Value Lookup form. Tip: The field order for the Relational Field Value Lookup form is determined by the default field order of the table's first project in the project hierarchy. To display fields in a different order, add another project to this hierarchy, clear the Allow New Items to Be Submitted check box, and drag the project to the top of the hierarchy for this table. You can also remove all user privileges for this project so that the project is only used to determine field order for search forms.	All field types If you select this check box for a Date/Time field, Start and End boxes are available next to the field on the Lookup form, allowing users to specify a start and end date as part of their search criteria.
Allow Searching	This option enables Value Find and Relational Field Value Lookup capability for the field. Value Find allows users to enter search criteria, such as an entire word, a few letters, or an asterisk, and then click a search icon or press Enter to perform the search. Results appear in a list, allowing users to select a value for the field. Relational Field Value Lookup provides an advanced searching mechanism that enables user to find values for Single Relational and Multi-Relational fields. If enabled, an additional search icon is available.	Folder, Single Relational, Multi-Relational, Single Selection, Multi-Selection, User, Multi-User, and Multi-Group fields
Fully Populated List	This option allows users to select a value from a fully populated list rather than search for values.	Folder, Single Relational, Multi-Relational, Single Selection, Multi-Selection, User, Multi-User, and Multi-Group fields
Automatically Prepend Wildcard to Lookup Text	When this check box is selected, wildcard characters are prepended to the search text for this field as long as there are no wildcard characters within the text. This allows users to easily search for keywords. When this check box is selected, a percent sign (%) appears next to the field on the Relational Field Value Lookup form and on the Manage Data search form in SBM Application Administrator. Note that when this check box is cleared, a wildcard character is automatically appended to the entered search text as long as there are no wildcard characters within the text.	Text fields, except for the Item ID system field