Address Book Field Types

The following Address Book field types are supported:

• Character (single or multiple line)—This type of field can contain any type of data, such as alpha, numeric, or special characters.  Single-line character fields accept one line of data, while multiple-line character fields accept an unlimited number of lines of data.  There is no effective limit on the amount of text in a field.
• Supervisor—Select a supervisor.
• Integer—Accepts integers.
• Real Number—Accepts integers or decimal numbers.
• Date—Accepts valid dates (format based on system or user preference).
• Drop-down—Offers a pre-defined drop-down list of choices for the user to select from.
• Multi-select—Allows the user to select multiple choices from a pre-defined list.
• Checkbox—Select one or more values by clicking in a checkbox or checkboxes.
• Web site—Accepts URL addresses (of format http://server.name.com).  Appears as a hypertext link on Details page of Issue.
• FTP File/Site—Accepts FTP addresses. Appears as a hypertext link on Details page of Issue.
• Email Address—Accepts Email addresses. Appear as a hypertext link on Details page of Issue.
• Twitter ID—Allows Issues to be automatically populated with the FootPrints user ID (in the Address Book) of the Twitter user (sender).