Field Types
The field type tells IMan how to treat the data within a field.
IMan employs a dynamic, or weak, data-typing policy, which means a field's data type is inferred from the context in which it is being used.
See the IMan Integration documentation for type handling information.
It is good practice to set the data types for a field correctly, as incorrect typing may lead to incorrect or erroneous results.
Field Types recognised by Iman
Text
Any textual data
Default Value - “” (empty string)
Integer
Any whole numbers
Default Value - 0
Decimal
Whole and decimal numbers
Default Value - 0.0
Boolean
Values that can be evaluated to true or false.
Default Value - False
Date
Date and time values.
Default Value - 12:00AM
Binary
Any binary data.
Default Value - Null (the binary representation)