Field Types #

In LocoKit, you can manage several field types.

Here is the summary of all the types implemented.

Simple

• Boolean: Checkbox field useful for true/false values
• Integer: Designed to hold integer numerical values
• Float: Designed to hold float numerical values
• Single line text: Useful for short text such as a name
• Long text: Allows you to enter multiple lines of text in a cell
• Date: Allows you to easily select a specific date into a cell with a calendar widget
• Date and time: Allows you to easily select a specific date and optionally a time into a cell with a calendar widget
• Single select: Allows you to select one single option from a preset list of options.
• Multi-select: Allows you to select several options from a preset list of options.

Users

• User: Allows you to select one predetermined user from a list
• User group: Allows you to select one predetermined group of users from a list
• Multi-user: Allows you to select several predetermined users from a list
• Multi user-group: Allows you to select several predetermined groups of users from a list

Advanced

• Formula: Allows you to compute a value in each cell (see the dedicated page for more information)
• File: Allows you to attach one or more files to a cell
• URL: Designed to store a single URL in each cell
• Link to another table: Allows you to create a linked record field between two tables
• Lookup field: Allows you to look up a specific field in a linked table
• Virtual lookup field: Allows you to look up a specific virtual field in a linked table

Geometries

• Point geometry: Designed to store a WKT point geometry
• Polygon geometry: Designed to store a WKT polygon geometry
• Linestring geometry: Designed to store a WKT linestring geometry
• Multi-point geometry: Designed to store a WKT multi-point geometry
• Multi-polygon geometry: Designed to store a WKT multi-polygon geometry
• Multi-linestring geometry: Designed to store a WKT multi-linestring geometry