XML Element: type

Identifies the data type of a metric-entry or local-entry elements.

Parent elements	metric-entry, local-entry
Child elements	enumeration, leftdigits, rightDigits

<wd:type base="boolean"/>

<wd:type base="enum">
   <wd:enumeration value="High"/>
   <wd:enumeration value="Medium"/>
   <wd:enumeration value="Low"/>
</wd:type>

Attribute	Description
base	Identifies the data type for this entry. Can be one of the following: string - Accepts a sequence of alpha-numeric characters. Use for string type metrics. long-string - Accepts a long sequence of alpha-numeric characters. Use for long-string type metrics. number - Accepts any digit and the decimal point. Use for number type metrics. date - Accepts a date, such as 01/01/2014. Use with date type metrics. enum - Accepts a single selection from a list of options. Use with list type metrics. boolean - Accepts true or false. Applies to local-entry elements only. multi-enum - Accepts multiple selections from a list of options. Applies to local-entry elements only.

Attribute

Description

base

Identifies the data type for this entry. Can be one of the following:

string - Accepts a sequence of alpha-numeric characters. Use for string type metrics.
long-string - Accepts a long sequence of alpha-numeric characters. Use for long-string type metrics.
number - Accepts any digit and the decimal point. Use for number type metrics.
date - Accepts a date, such as 01/01/2014. Use with date type metrics.
enum - Accepts a single selection from a list of options. Use with list type metrics.
boolean - Accepts true or false. Applies to local-entry elements only.
multi-enum - Accepts multiple selections from a list of options. Applies to local-entry elements only.

The following example defines an entry as a string type:

<wd:local-entry
   title="Activity Notes"
   name=”ActivityNotes”>
      <wd:type base=”string”/>
</wd:local-entry>