Field Types

• Small: 16 characters, e.g., zip codes
• Regular: 46 characters, e.g., street address
• Memo: 240 characters
• Unlimited Memo
• WYSIWYG Text-Area

 

Lists

• Drop-down: Allows only one selection
• Big Search: Access another record in SAM
• Checkbox: Allows multiple value selections
• Radio Button: Allows only one selection
• Yes/No Radio Button
• Checkbox: Yes/No values, simple checkbox for ease of entry

When entering a location for an entity, the region is defaulted to a state within the United States. If the location is not within the US, choose the "Enter Region" link to the right of the field, then the state, province, region outside the US can be entered. You can always reverse this action by using the new link "Select State" to provide the list of US states.

 

 

• Date Only
• Date - Time
• Time Only
• Timeline: One Date Field - Another Date Field. Represented in Days, Weeks, Months, Years, Year and Month (child ages)

When entering dates you must enter in the format: M/D/YYYY. If you enter 3/2/08, the system will record 3/2/1908 for the value.

 

You may receive an invalid date error for a date that is valid if the date is too far into the future or past. Dates can not not be more than 150 years in the past or 100 years in the future.

 

Timeline fields

1. Open the Table or Form the field should be added to.
2. Add New Field > Create New Field
3. Add Form Title > Select Date or Time or Timeline
4. Select Timeline
5. Date fields on the Table selected will be presented. Enter the Start/End Dates and the Interval Type for how you want the results to display.
6. Press Save.

SAM will direct you to the Field Properties screen or the form you originated from. SAM will present the Timeline Setup. To edit, click the Field Type value.

If this data will be needed for Report Statistics, access Advanced Field Properties and set Totals on Forms and Reports = Yes. 

• Number - Allow Decimals, Allow Negative Number
• Currency
• Email Address
• Hyperlink
• Phone Number
• Document - Only specific file types are able to be uploaded: zip, pdf, jpeg, xls, doc

 

Full Address 

There are Full Address fields that pull together Street Address, Street Address 2, City, State, Zip into a more visually appealing single field. This field type can be found on the Main Entities.