Using the Standalone Field component to store temporary values

As a developer or an application business analyst, you can use the Standalone Field component in BMC Helix Innovation Studio  to store or display information specific to a session, such as storing the value of a check box, a decision step, or a watch list. 

To use a Standalone Field component to store temporary values

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio and navigate to the Workspace tab.
2. Select the application for which you want to add a Standalone Field component.
3. On the Views tab, select the name of the view definition to which you want to add the Standalone Field component.
4. From Palette, drag the Standalone Field component to the canvas.

5. In the Properties pane, click Settings , and then specify the properties.
   The following table provides information about the properties:

   Property	Description	Example
   General
   Name	Enter a unique name for the Standalone Field component.
   Display Label	Enter a name for the field that must be displayed to the user at runtime.
   (Optional) Named List	Select a named list to map to the record field. To know more about named lists, see Facilitating-data-entry-through-named-lists.
   (Optional) Advanced Named List Filters	Build an expression to set conditions for the Named List field. For example, you can add a condition that a specific line of business must not be included in the list.
   Value	Build an expression to show an initial value on loading the view definition.
   Disabled	Use the toggle key to keep the Standalone Field component disabled at runtime.
   Hidden	Use the toggle key to keep the Standalone Field component hidden at runtime.
   Enable Multi-Selection	Use the toggle key to allow selection of multiple values from a list at runtime.
   Read Only	Use the toggle key to keep the Standalone Field component as read-only at runtime.
   Display Settings
   Left Align Display Label	Use the toggle key to keep the display label left-aligned to the Standalone Field component.
   Display Lines	This field is not visible if you associate a named list with the Standalone Field component. Enter the number of lines you can accommodate in the field. The default value is 1.
   Mask Text	This field is not visible if you associate a named list with the Standalone Field component. Use the toggle key to hide sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, entered in the field. You can specify if the value in the field must be hidden at all times or only on certain conditions.
   Show Rich Text Editor	This field is not visible if you associate a named list with the Standalone Field component. Use the toggle key to show the rich text editor options for the field at runtime.
   Security
   Record Definition Name	Specify the record definition name to define permissions associated with the record definition.

6. Click Save.

Result

The following image shows an example of the Standalone Field component used in a view definition.

In this example, the Standalone Field component is used to display the values from the Case Watchlist - Events named list.