Subject field

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Metadata Fields: Arclanguage - Base64 - Bigint - Boolean - Compound - Counter - Dataobjref - Date - Decimal - Email - Fields - Float - Id - Idci - Image - Int - Itemref - Keywords - Langid - Longtext - Longtext_counter - Multilang - Multipart - Name - Namedset - Pagerange - Recaptcha - Relation - Search - Secret - Set - Storable - Subject - Subobject - Text - Time - Timestamp - Url - Uuid

Description

This field is like a Set field but rather than explicitly defining its set of options within the field configuration, the field configuration attribute top specifies the root of the subjects sub-tree to use as a set of options.

Inheritance

• Metadata
  • Set field
    • Subject field

Additional Properties

As for Set fields except for:

name	default	description
input_style	0	as for set field but with a different default.
nestids	1	Options are colon (:) separated path of sub-tree IDs rather than just the specific subject ID.
options	n/a	This property is not inherited from set field.
showall	0	Show all options under top, not just those marked as depositable.
showtop	0	Show the subject option defined by top as well as the options underneath.
top	subjects	Specifies the sub-tree of the subjects tree to get options.

Required Phrases

No additional phrases beyond those required for Set fields. Also, datasetid + "_fieldopt_" + fieldname + "_" + optionname phrases are not required, as these are taken from the name assigned to the subject.

Database

Namedset fields are stored in the database as

fieldname VARCHAR(255)

API

See API page.

Examples

Most basic example. Using divisions subjects tree sub-tree to provide options.

{
    name => 'division',
    type => 'subject',
    top => 'divisions',
}

Allow multiple subject options to be selected.

{
    name => 'subjects',
    type => 'subject',
    multiple => 1,
    top => 'subjects',
}

Rendered value will link to corresponding listings page in subjects browse view.

{
    name => 'subjects',
    type => 'subject',
    multiple => 1,
    top => 'subjects',
    browse_link => 'subjects',
}