Editing Fields field

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== Description ==
This field allows the selection of field (names) from a specified dataset.  This is useful if you want to capture what particular field should be used for a specific purpose.

== Inheritance ==
* [[Metadata]]
** [[Set field]]
*** [[Fields field]]

== Additional Properties ==
As for [[Set field#Additional Properties|Set fields]] except for

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
! Name !! Default Value !! Required !! Description !! Notes
|-
| '''datasetid''' || n/a || YES || ID of dataset from which to list fields. ||
|-
| '''options''' || n/a || NO || Options from which to choose. || NOT inherited from [[Set field]]. Options provided automatically.
|}

== Required Phrases ==
No additional phrases beyond those required for [[Set field#Required_Phrases|Set fields]].

== Database ==
Namedset fields are stored in the database as
 fieldname VARCHAR(255)

== API ==
See [[API:EPrints/MetaField/Namedset|API page]].

== Examples ==
Most basic example.
 {
     name => 'id_field',
     type => 'fields',
     datasetid => 'eprint',
 }    
Store mulltiple field values
 {
     name => 'review_fields',
     type => 'fields',
     multiple => 1,
     datasetid => 'eprint',
 }