Setup and Administration Guide

142 Part II General Administration
 Category: Choose the category of the field from the pop-up menu. Choices include:
 None
 Name
 Date
 Number
 Filename
 Filesize
 TypeSelect
 Order Attach
 Restriction
The None setting is used for almost all custom metadata, with the remaining settings
reserved for internal use.
 Suffix: Enter any suffix that should be displayed after the field. For example, you
could enter “per hour.”
 Display hints: Enter a width value (in pixels) that defines how wide this field should be.
Specialized Settings
The following settings apply only to certain data types.
 Default Value: Enter an optional default value for the field. Depending on the data
type, this can be a checkbox or a specialized value entry such as a date, a timecode
value, or even two values.
 Lookup Values: Choose a lookup from this list to display the metadata field as a
pop-up menu with a set of values. Only the lookups with the same data type are
displayed. See “
Metadata Lookups” on page 151 for details on creating lookups.
 Date Only: This is a checkbox that forces only dates to be entered.
 Scale Numbers: This is a checkbox that scales numbers to three digits (999 maximum)
with the appropriate suffix. For example, 1000 becomes 1K.
 Don’t Format Numbers: This is a checkbox that forces the metadata field to use raw
numbers without formatting, such as commas separating groups of thousands.
 Multiline: This is a checkbox that allows multiple lines of text to be entered in the
metadata field.
 Hide Field Lookup in Filter: This is a checkbox that suppresses the lookup value when
it is displayed in a list. It is actually most often set when setting field properties
within a metadata group, since you generally do not want it hidden for all usages.
See “Field Properties” on page 148 for more information.