[% USE HTML %]

[% title %]

Name⁽¹⁾

Description⁽²⁾

Type

Default value⁽³⁾

Options⁽⁴⁾

Searchable Yes No

Includeable in reports

[%- IF id %] [%- END %]

(1) The variable name must only consist of letters, numbers and underscores. It must begin with a letter. Example: send_christmas_present

(2) The description is shown on the form. Chose something short and descriptive.

(3) The default value depends on the variable type:

Text, text field and number variables: The default value will be used as-is.
Boolean variables: If the default value is non-empty then the checkbox will be checked by default and unchecked otherwise.
Date and timestamp variables: If the default value equals 'NOW' then the current date/current timestamp will be used. Otherwise the default value is copied as-is.

(4) The available options depend on the varibale type:

Text variables: 'MAXLENGTH=n' sets the maximum entry length to 'n'.
Text field variables: 'WIDTH=w HEIGHT=h' sets the width and height of the text field. They default to 30 and 5 respectively.
Number variables: 'PRECISION=n' forces numbers to be shown with exactly n decimal places.
Selection fields: The option field must contain the available options for the selection. Options are separated by '##', for example 'Early##Normal##Late'.

Other values are ignored.