Controlling field level behavior

There are many additional properties of a Field object that drive its behavior at runtime. The following table describes the most important Field properties:

Field Property

Description

Join

References a Join object definition to use for a single value field. If this property is empty and the field is neither a calculated nor a multi value field, the base table of the business component is used by the field.

Column

The column in the joined or base table to which the single value field refers.

Calculated

When set to TRUE, the field is a calculated field and must have an expression in the Calculated Value property. Examples for calculated fields have been provided earlier in this chapter.

Calculated Value ...

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