Data types and field types
When you define an application group, Content Manager OnDemand creates a structure for a database table with the index and filter fields that you define.
When you store a report in the application group, Content Manager OnDemand extracts index data from the report, places the index data into the database fields, and inserts rows into the application group table. The database fields that you define for the application group can contain different types of data. When you define the database fields, you select a data type for each field. The data type tells Content Manager OnDemand what kind of data can be stored in the field.
When you define a folder
to Content Manager OnDemand, the fields
that you define can be used in two ways:
- For search fields, in which users enter values to construct queries
- For display fields, to identify the items in the document list