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Edit a user field in DMS

After clicking the button [] of the selected user field, the following window appears:

The illustration shows the edit dialog: (1) name of the user field, (2) check boxes if user field is visible and/or mandatory, (3) catalog that delivers the content of the user field, (4) default user field content displayed in general information, (5) data type default value, (6) description of default value, (7) buttons


ElementOption/function
1name of user fieldeditable
2user field visible in general information?
user field required in general information?
editable
3catolog for user field content

selectable
when another catalog is selected, the value list for this field changes

Please note: this change only affects newly uploaded documents directly. Documents already available in the DMS need to be updated manually if necessary.

4default content value

selectable

this value is displayed in general information when a new document is uploaded. User fields of already uploaded documents are not affected by this change.

5data type of the selected default valueautomatically filled with catalog information for the default value set in <4>
6description of the selected default valueautomatically filled with catalog information for the default value set in <4>