2566935 - Supported field types for job requisition template - Recruiting Management

This article describes the supported field types for the job requisition template.

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The type attribute defines the data that the system will accept in the field. It consists of the following options:

• text: a single line of alphanumeric text with a 100-character limit (character limit and display are non-configurable). Each text field can store one value per locale, allowing the user to toggle between languages to enter data in various locales
• textarea: multiple lines of alphanumeric text with a 256-character limit, displayed as a 100-character-wide box (character limit and display are non-configurable.) Each textarea field can store one value per locale, allowing the user to toggle between languages to enter data in various locales
• date: a date manually entered by user or selected from calendar pull-down. Displays mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy according to user's chosen language pack
• percent: a percent value with one decimal
• bool: true or false (shown as a checkbox); should not be made required because if required, always needs to be checked
• enum: an enumerated type (shown as a pull-down list) where values are defined in the XML
• number: a number value with two decimal places, formatted by locale **
• currency: a currency value, where currency symbol is determined by the field id "currency"
• picklist: field options come from a picklist defined in admin (shown as a pull down list)
• derived: a pull-down or "find value" field (depending on length of list) where values are automatically determined from another area of the system
• instruction: a non-editable field that stretches left-to-right across the screen, used to display messages to users. Cannot be made reportable or writable or an error will result.
• multiattachment: a field that can have multiple documents uploaded and attached to it.
• richText: alphanumeric lines with about a 32,000-character limit, which includes hidden characters used to define HTML formatting (character limit and display are non-configurable.) Each richText field can store one value per locale, allowing the user to toggle between languages to enter data in various locales
• jobCode: field that can have data autopopulated from the Job Classification Foundation Object when a requisition is created via Browse Families and Roles. 
• questions: special field type that can only be defined once per requisition template and only on the “questions” field ID Places the pre-screen questions section onto the requisition. 
• competencies: special field type that can only be defined once per requisition template and only on the “competencies” field ID. Place the competencies section onto the requisition. 
• operator: special field type that can only be defined on a particular pre-defined list of field IDs.
• operatorTeam: special field type that can only be defined on a particular pre-defined list of field IDs.

**Even if the standard XML language has tags such format (<format>##</format>), this is not supported by the system. There is no available feature or implementation to define number formats.

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