Define Property Codes
Explanation
This activity is used to define property
codes that can be used to register additional information in all companies. The
context specified for the property code determines whether the property code can
be used at company level or employee level etc.
If the property code context is
Employee or Person, you can specify whether multiple fields should be
used for the property code. If you specify that multiple fields are required, you can use the
Define Multiple Fields right-click option to define the new fields.
Property codes with multiple fields are used as Multi Field
data in Employee/Employment/Multi Field tab. All other property
codes are used as data in the Employee/Employment/Properties
tab. Property codes which do not have multiple fields defined can also be
converted to free fields and used as data in the Employee/Employment/Free
Fields tab.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
System Effects
This activity has no system effects.
Window
Property Field Definition
Property Field Values
Related Window Descriptions
Property Field Definition
Property Field Values
Procedure
- Open the
Property Field Definition window and create a new
row.
- Specify whether the context of the property code should be Company,
Employee, Person, Job, Position, Dependent
or Organization
by selecting the required
option from the list in the Context field.
- If you have selected Employee or Person as the context and if you want
multiple fields to be defined for the property, select the Multiple Fields
check box.
Note: When this check box is selected, you can only modify the
Multiple Records Allowed check box in this window. Otherwise, continue with the following steps;
- In the Property Code and Default Description fields,
specify the property name and the default description that should be used
when no translations exist for the description.
- If you want to allow more than one value to be entered for a property
code when registering the property, select the Multiple Records Allowed
check box.
- In the Data Type field, specify whether the data type should be
Number, String or Date by selecting the appropriate
option from the list.
- In the Length field, specify the number of
characters that should be allowed for a property code value.
- If you have selected Number data type,
specify the decimal separator that should be allowed for property code
values in the Decimal Separator field.
- If you have selected Date data type,
specify the date format that should be allowed for property code values in
the Date Format field.
- In the LoV View field, specify a view that
should be used as the list of values when registering property code values.
- Select the Use LoV for Validation check box
if it should be mandatory to use the list of values when registering
property code values.
- Save the information.