Configure Details Display properties
- Last UpdatedMar 11, 2025
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These properties appear in the Details Display category of a Material Quality field.
Note: Depending on your selections some properties may appear or disappear from the available set of properties.

Details Display properties
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Property |
Description |
Valid values |
|---|---|---|
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AllowEdit |
Specifies whether captured data is editable in Production Analyst. |
True, False |
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AllowedValuesType |
Specifies the type of source of the permitted values. This property becomes available when the DataType property is set to String. |
None, List, OleDB, Expression, LookupList |
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AllowedValues |
A string collection of values that are permitted for the field. This property is available when the AllowedValuesType property is List. It is a string collection of values that are permitted for the field. You can build a collection of string values that are permitted for the field. |
Any valid combination of values |
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AllowedValuesDisplayColumns |
Specifies which columns from the OLeDB source display in the dropdown selection table in AVEVA™ Production Management. This property is available when AllowedValuesType is OleDB. |
Valid column names in the OLE DB source, in comma-delimited format |
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AllowedValuesKeyColumn |
Specifies which values from the OLE DB table or expression are stored for the record. This property is available when the AllowedValuesType property is OleDB or Expression. |
Any valid combination of values |
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AllowedValuesSource |
The OLE DB adapter that connects to the database that contains the values that are permitted for the field. This property is available when the AllowedValuesType property is OleDB. It is important to set permissions to permit access to the OLE DB connector for the Allowed Values feature to work correctly. |
Any valid OLE DB adapter |
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AllowedValuesFunction |
It is the function that returns the string collection of values that are permitted for the field. This property is available when the AllowedValuesType property is Expression. |
Any valid function returning a dataset of permitted values |
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AllowedValuesLookupList |
It specifies the lookup list that contains the values that are permitted for the field. This property is available when the AllowedValuesType property is LookupList. |
Any valid lookup list |
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IsMandatory |
Specifies whether a field is mandatory. If mandatory, the value are required to be entered before an event can be confirmed. If you leave the IsMandatory value as False, then this field does not have to contain data, and can be left blank. |
True, False |
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Category |
The category that this field belongs to, when displayed in tabbed groups on user input forms. Type a new category name to create a new tab on the Details form; for example: Safety or Inspections.
|
String value |
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ShowInDetails |
Specifies whether the field appears in the detailed Edit form in Production Analyst. |
True, False |
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Subcategory |
The subcategory to group fields in, when displayed in user input forms. Type a section name to appear on the Category tab; for example: Shift Details. |
String value |
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VisibleRows |
This property appears when the value of the DataType property is String. You can specify the row height of the text entry box on the details form in Production Analyst in number of rows. |
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MaximumEditLength |
The maximum number of characters that the field can contain in edit mode. This property displays when the DataType property is set to String. |
Integers |
