Custom Field types

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Last updated: Oct 22, 2021 by Jonathan Muse
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SIL™ automatically converts custom field values to SIL™ values. This can be done following the guidelines from the table below. If you wish to write your own custom field compatibility app, see the Extension manual.

Custom Field Type

SIL Type

Explanations and Usage

Date Time

date


Date Picker

date


Number Field

number


URL Field

string


User Picker

string

String representing the username, not the full name of the user.

Group Picker

string


Multi Checkboxes

string []

String array containing the selected checkboxes

Multi Select

string []

String array containing the selected values

Radio Buttons

string

String containing the selected value

Select List

string

String containing the selected value

Text Field

string

String containing the text

Text Area

string

String containing the text

Multi Group Picker

string []

String array containing the selected values

Multi User Picker

string []

String array containing the selected values (usernames)

Cascading Select

string []

String array with 2 elements the root and the child. If given invalid values, it will ignore them. If given only one value, that will be the root.

Project PickerstringString containing the selected project key (available since SIL Engine™ 2.5.15 and 2.6.7)
Version FieldstringString representing the version name
Multi Version Fieldstring []String array containing the version names
Labels Fieldstring []String array containing the labels