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| Base type | Should match with the data type of the attribute the value list is linked with. The options are: Boolean, String, Number, Date, DateTime, Percentage, Currency and Integer. See also Attribute types. | |||||||||
| External | Tick this box if you want to use an external source for the value list items. An external value list does not have fixed values, but gets its values from an external source, e.g., a data base or a service. How the value list gets its data is configured in the configuration of Interactions. It requires Java code to supply the values. | |||||||||
| Items - value | A value that matches the value lists base type. This value can be used in expressions. | |||||||||
| Items - display value | A text that describes the matching value. This text is used in your applications user interface. The display value is multilingual.
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| Presentation styles | Select one or more presentation styles. Presentation styles in a value list can for example be used to apply icons such as different country flags. |
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An external value list means that the list is filled with values by an external source, i.e., a piece of code that supplies the values. As studio does Encore does not connect during design time to this external source, you cannot use the values for validating expressions or using drop downs. If you are sure that some values are present in this external source, you can define them in studioEncore, so that you can validate on them in expressions, and use these values in drop downs. These values defined values defined in studio are Encore are not exported to the runtime, and the runtime completely bases the values from the list on the external source.
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