Text fields are fields that can contain numeric and alphanumeric characters. To configure text fields, complete the following steps in SCM.
- On the Configure Project page, in the Project list, select the BFT project to be used.
- Navigate to Settings > Profile Settings > Field Settings.
- In the MinLength column, enter a numeric value that represents the minimum permitted length of the field.
- In the MaxLength column, enter a numeric value that represents the maximum permitted length of the field.
- In the PadChar column, enter a numeric value that is the length a field is padded to the right when a maximum field length is not met, such as 123400000.
- To have a value padded by the character entered on the left, such as 000001234, set the RightJustify column to True.
- To remove all special characters from a value, set the RemoveAllSpecials column to True.
- To remove all spaces from a value, set the RemoveBlanks column to True.
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To retain non-comma separated lists of special characters when the
RemoveAllSpecials feature is activated, in the
KeepCertainSpecials field, enter the special
characters that you want to retain. Example: :.,/
Note: For Header fields of all classes such as First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, and SSN, special characters such as comma (,), fullstop (.), apostrophe ('), colon (:) and semicolon (;) are not allowed for business and security reasons. Hence these fields won't allow the above mentioned special characters even if the KeepCertainSpecial setting is activated for them.
- To have positive numbers start from the left side of a field and negative numbers start from the right side, set the SubstringStartPos column to True.
- To remove any leading zeros from an extracted or user-entered value, set the RemoveLeadingZeros column to True.
- To enable a field to have a comma separated list of valid entries that contains only approved characters for an extracted or user entered value, in the FieldMask column, enter any letter, number or wildcard character. For example, if the content of this column is set to ABCD,WXYZ then no value is permitted in this field unless it is equal to either ABCD or WXYZ.