User Defined Columns Tab

15-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Identity Manager Table 15–3 Fields of the User Defined Fields Dialog Box Field Name Description Label The label for the user-defined field. This label is displayed next to the user-defined field on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form. The maximum length for a label is 30 characters. Data Type From this box, select one of the following data types for the user-defined field: ■ String . A user can enter a series of alphanumeric characters in this field. ■ Date . When a user double-clicks this field, the Date and Time dialog box is displayed. ■ Integer . A user can enter a number without a decimal point for example, 3 in this user-defined field. ■ Boolean . A user can enter two values into this field: True 1 or False 0. ■ Double . A user can enter a double-precision floating-point number or a double number in this field. Field Size The Field Size text field is enabled only for the String data type. In this field, enter the maximum amount of numbers or characters that a user can enter in the field. If the size is 4000 characters or less, then it is a varchar2 field. If the size is more than 4000, then it is CLOB. Field Type From this box, select one of the following field types for the user-defined field: ■ Text Field. The field is displayed on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form as a text field. ■ Lookup Field. The field is displayed on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form as a lookup field. ■ Combo Box. The field is displayed on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form as a box. ■ Text Area. The field is displayed on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form as a text area. ■ Password Field. The field is displayed on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form as a text field. When you query for the entity and get the entity details, the password value, which is encrypted and displayed as a series of asterisks [], is retrieved. ■ Check Box. The field is displayed on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form as a check box. ■ Date Field with Dialog. This field is displayed on the User Defined Fields tab of the target form as a lookup field. Once the user double-clicks this lookup field, a Date Time window is displayed. Oracle Identity Manager will populate the data field with the date and time that the user selects from this window. Note : The field types that are displayed in this box reflect the data type that is displayed in the Data Type box. Developing Lookup Definitions, UDFs, and Remote Manager 15-9 2. Set the parameters for the user-defined field you are adding to a form, as shown in Figure 15–4 . Figure 15–4 User Defined Fields Dialog Box - Filled Column Name The name of the user-defined field that is recognized by the database. Note : This name consists of a TABLE NAME_UDF_ prefix, followed by the label that is associated with the user-defined field. For example, if the Table Name field of the Organizations form is ACT, and the name for the data field is ACN, the name of the user-defined field, which the database recognizes, would be ACT_UDF_ACN. Note : The name in Column Name field cannot contain any spaces. Default Value This value is displayed in a user-defined field on the target form. Oracle recommends that you do not specify default values for passwords and encrypted fields. Encrypted This check box determines if the information that is displayed in the associated user-defined field is encrypted when it is exchanged between the client and the server. Select this check box to encrypt the information displayed in the user-defined field. Deselect this check box to not encrypt the information in the user-defined field. Note: Here, encrypted means that the field is encrypted in the database, but is displayed as clear text in the UI. A password field means that the field is encrypted in the database, and is displayed as asterisk characters in the UI. Sequence This field represents the order in which the user-defined field is displayed on the form. For example, if a 2 is displayed in the Sequence field, it is displayed below the user-defined field with a sequence number of 1. Note: The same sequence number cannot be assigned to two user-defined fields. Table 15–3 Cont. Fields of the User Defined Fields Dialog Box Field Name Description