Editing Template:EPrints Metadata Fields Content (section)

=== Internal Properties ===

These are set by the system. Editing them by hand will do '''''strange things'''''.

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! Name !! Default Value !! Required !! Description !! Notes
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| '''confid''' || n/a || YES || The ID of the dataset to which this field belongs. || The value for this property is automatically set when the field is loaded.  It is used to work out what phrase ids etc. it uses.
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| '''join_path''' || <tt>undef</tt> || NO || How to join a field that references a different [[Data Object]]. || This should never be defined within a field's configuration.  This is built by search to support building a database query to perform a user's search.
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| '''parent''' || <tt>undef</tt> || NO || A reference to the actual parent [[Compound field]] object. || This is set automatically as a reference to the parent field object.
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| '''parent_name''' || <tt>undef</tt> || NO || The name of the parent [[Compound field]] to which a sub-field belongs. || This is set automatically to be the name of the parent field.
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| '''provenance''' || <tt>undef</tt> || NO || Where this field configuration was generated. || Typically any field configuration either defined within a [[Data Object|Data object]] or in a configuration file (in a <tt>cfg.d</tt> directory will leave this as <tt>undef</tt> by not specifying this property.  However, fields created using [[Admin/Config._Tools/Manage_Metadata_Fields|Manage Metadata Fields]] will set this to <tt>user</tt> so it is clear from where this field was created.
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