5.3.7 Editing a Hierarchical Field
By selecting a hierarchical field in the tree, its properties are shown in the configuration area in the service editor.
The hierarchical field properties are described in Table 25.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the hierarchical field. |
| Collection | The type of this collection.(1) The options are:
The different types of collections are further explained in Section 2.3.6.1. |
| Show in plug-ins | Determines if the hierarchical field should be available in standard ERE field-oriented plug-ins. If this check box is checked the hierarchical field is available, otherwise it is not. The availability of the hierarchical field is also determined by the presence of constraints. |
| Tooltip | Hierarchical fields can be defined with an optional description which is displayed in the selection tree editor, where a hierarchical field is selected from a field chooser. The tooltip description is displayed when placing the mouse pointer over the target hierarchical field name. This makes it easier to know the purpose of the hierarchical field. |
(1) All fields in the hierarchical structure are removed if the Collection property of the top hierarchical field is changed.
When constructing a hierarchical field map collection, one or several key fields must be chosen for the collection, from the data fields defined in the collection. This is done by selecting the Key check box for the desired field, see the Key property in Table 24. In Figure 20, the data fields MSISDN and DoB are key fields. The key fields are symbolized with a key.
