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Field MetaData - Main Tab
Properties Description
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Many fields on this page are protected as only the product development group may change them. The following describes fields you may change for records that are part of the base product. Fields containing information that may be of interest are also described.
Field Name uniquely identifies this field.
Owner indicates if this field is owned by the base package or by your implementation (Customer Modification). The system sets the owner to Customer Modification when you add a field. This information is display-only.
Base Field
Data Type indicates if the field will hold Character, Date, DateTime, Number, Time, or Varchar2 data.
Ext Data Type
Precision defines the length of the field. In the case of variable length fields, it is the maximum length possible.
Scale
Sign
Level
88 Cpybk
Description contains the label of the field. This is the label of the field that appears on the various pages on which the field is displayed. Note, the field's label can be overridden for a specific table (by specifying an Override Label on the table/field information; for details see the Oracle Utilities Application Framework Administration Guide).
Java Field Name
Override Label
Check Work Field if the field does not represent a database table column.
Help Text
Special Notescontains any notes or special information about the field.
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