For the following formatters, the same properties available:

• Multiline Label
• Timestamp
• Timestamp Infinity
• Date Infinity
• Date Calendar

• Date&Time Calendar

Formatter Properties for the formatters listed above:

• Mandatory

  If this box is checked, then the field is mandatory in this view. If this check box is grayed and disabled, then the setting is predefined either in the physical database or in the Object Customizer. These settings take precedence.

  Note that the following interplay between field mandatoriness and visibility comes into play:

  • If a field is set as mandatory in the view customizer or by a rule AND at the same time is set as not visible in the view, than this mandatoriness is ignored.
  • If a field is set as mandatory on the database or object type level, than it remains mandatory even if it is set as not visible in the view.

  When checked, the mandatory field label turns bold in the View Designer.

• Descriptive attribute for one cell ref.view

  Select an attribute to be used as a descriptive value of related object in the search field (i.e. define which attributes should be "visible" in the search field when the required object is found). The option is valid only if a view is used as a Reference View with one cell view type. See also the Searching in a Reference View topic.

• Enabled

  If selected, the attribute will become editable. The control may be used for data display and entry or the data display only. 'Editable' means that the field itself is active, it can be selected and edited in the normal way. 'Disabled' means that the field is grayed and the editing is blocked. However, the data can be still selected and copied, which distinguishes this formatter from the 'Label' formatter. This attribute may also be used to dynamically enable or disable the data entry.

  Note the specific appearance of this option in the View Designer: If selected, the view element will be grayed.

• Visible

  Enable / disable a display of the control on the View. The control may exist on the View layout but may be prevented from being displayed on the actual View. It can also be used creatively to leave a "virtual" blank space in the left column of the view.

  Note the specific appearance of this option in the View Designer: If selected, the view element will be hatched.

• Default Focus on this Field

  Here it is possible to decide if the field would have a default focus when the View is opened.

• Select Action...

  Click to open the Action browser and select the requested action. The action will be assigned and visible at the right edge of the attribute control. The action visibility is determined by the existing editor action assignments (state, mode, rules...).

  Once assigned, you can edit the action using the Edit button or remove it using the Remove button.

Additional Customization:

The range of years offered by the year selector of the calendar control in Valuemation web client can be defined. The range is defined by the start and end year configured on the 'Date, Time and Time Zones' page of 'Global Settings'.

Date&Time Calendar Control Split

For Date&Time Calendar formatter, the Date Time Split option is available.

If selected, the Date and Time field will be separated into two individual fields in the view.

The Format definition is not available for this formatter and the Split Timestamp settings in Global Settings > General > Basic Settings apply. Under the Default Format, select the 'Split Timestamp' attribute type and set the desired date and time formats.