Add/Edit Field dialog box

In this dialog box, you can add a new field to the fields list or edit the properties of the selected field.

Each document library and each list on the SharePoint Cloud server has its own specific set of fields. You may add any field from this set. If this document library or list requires a set of mandatory fields, these fields are assigned to the document or list item anyway. If the user has not specified the values of mandatory fields, they are set to the default values specific to the document library or list.

Option Description
Name Enter field name manually or select the browse button (...) to select one of the fields specific to the document library or list in the opened Select Field dialog box. The names of the mandatory fields are marked with asterisk (*).
You can enter any custom field name, but if the entered name is not specific to this document library or list, an error occurs at run time and the routed document or list item is rejected.
Multiple values Select this checkbox to enter multiple values for this field. You can select this box only if there is no connection to the server at configuring time. If the connection is established, then the component enters the values itself, depending on whether multiple values are possible for the working field on the server, and disables Multiple values checkbox.

There are five types of fields where you can enter multiple values:

  • Multiple lines of text
  • Choice
  • Lookup
  • Person or Group
  • Managed Metadata (Taxonomy), when it is enabled in the registry.

Taxonomy field handling is gated by a registry feature flag and is off by default. To turn it on, create the following DWORD value on the AutoStore server:

  • Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\autostore\Parameters
  • Value name: SHAREPOINT_TAXONOMY
  • Value type: REG_DWORD
  • Value data: 1 (enable). Any other value, a missing value, or an unreadable key is treated as 0 (disable).

Value Enter field value either manually or select the browse button (...) to select one of values specific to this field in the opened Select Field Value dialog box. You can use RRTs to create field values.

If the specified field points to a user, you can enter the value of this field in one of the following forms:

  • Login name; for example, mydomaincom\johns or johns.
  • Display name; for example, John Smith.
  • Email address; for example, johns@mydomain.com.

If the specified field points to a date, you can enter the value of this field in one of the server locale supported date formats; for example, 06-20-2010 or Jun, 20, 2010.

If the specified field points to a hyperlink, you can enter the value of this field in one of the following formats:

  • <http://somelink> or <https://somelink>.
  • [http://somelink] or [https://somelink].
  • http://somelink or https://somelink.

If the specified field is a Managed Metadata (Taxonomy) field, you can enter the value as either:

  • Term label: The localized name of the term as it appears in the SharePoint term store. The match is case-insensitive and uses the default label of the term; non-default labels are also accepted as fallback.
  • Term GUID: The unique identifier of the term in the term store.

For multi-term fields, list several values separated by a comma (,) or semicolon (;) or newline. The comma is the preferred separator because when you select values using the browse button, the component joins the selected terms with "," so subsequent edits stay consistent.

When you select the browse button (...) for a Taxonomy field, the Select Field Value dialog box loads the terms of the linked term set from the SharePoint term store. For multi-term fields, the listbox allows selecting more than one term in a single dialog open; each selected term label is appended to the Value text box.

Browsing term store values and resolving terms at runtime both require Delegated access. See Restrictions and limitations for details.