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Manage Enums

Depending on the permissions granted to your role, you can create, update, or delete enums in the Enums view.

Before you begin

  1. Expand Reference Data in the navigation pane.
  2. Click Enums. The Enums view opens.

Create Enums

To create an enum:

  1. Click Add Enum. The Enum dialog box opens.

  2. Complete each field as needed. Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

    Field Descriptions
    Type *
    The type of enum determines the drop-down list control to hold the Value.
    Value *
    The exact text to display in the drop-down list control.
    Label *
    The exact text to display in the drop-down list control.
    Value Type *
    The data type for the Value. Options are: String, Number, Boolean, Date, and Enum. When the Value Type is Enum, the Enum Type field becomes visible.
    Enum Type *
    If the Value Type is Enum, the list from which this enum is populated. This becomes, essentially, a list of lists.
    Parent Type
    The Type for enums Value Type is enum.
    Parent Value
    For enums that have a parent enum (a list of lists), the value of the parent enum. For example, the Region enum has a Value Type of enum, Parent Type of AWSRegion, and the Parent Value is the Value for the desired AWSRegion enum, such as us-east-1.
    Status
    The status of the enum: Active or Inactive.
    Context
    //TODO
    Description
    The description of the enum
    Initial Value
    //TODO

    Example

    The Gender enums contain values for Male, Female, and Prefer not to say.

    The Enums list view with a search applied to display three Gender records

  3. Click OK.

  4. Repeat these steps to create additional enums with different values and labels as needed.

Edit Enums

To change an enum record:

  1. Search for the record you want to work with. For detailed steps, see Using Advanced Search.
  2. Click the Edit icon () in the Actions column for the enum you want to change. The Enum dialog box opens.

  3. Change the fields as needed. Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

    Field Descriptions
    Type *
    The type of enum determines the drop-down list control to hold the Value.
    Value *
    The exact text to display in the drop-down list control.
    Label *
    The exact text to display in the drop-down list control.
    Value Type *
    The data type for the Value. Options are: String, Number, Boolean, Date, and Enum. When the Value Type is Enum, the Enum Type field becomes visible.
    Enum Type *
    If the Value Type is Enum, the list from which this enum is populated. This becomes, essentially, a list of lists.
    Parent Type
    The Type for enums Value Type is enum.
    Parent Value
    For enums that have a parent enum (a list of lists), the value of the parent enum. For example, the Region enum has a Value Type of enum, Parent Type of AWSRegion, and the Parent Value is the Value for the desired AWSRegion enum, such as us-east-1.
    Status
    The status of the enum: Active or Inactive.
    Context
    //TODO
    Description
    The description of the enum
    Initial Value
    //TODO

  4. Click OK.

Delete Enums

You can delete an enum's Value record without deleting the enum type used for other enums.

To delete an enum value:

  1. Search for the enum you want to delete. For detailed steps, see Using Advanced Search.

  2. Click the Delete icon () in the Actions column.

    The enums list view with a search applied to display four Gender records. The Delete icon in the Actions column is highlighted to delete last one whose value is Unknown

  3. On the Delete Record? confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

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