Meta-Data Felds

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FieldsInformation attached to objects in a DNE Map can either be structured (information managed as meta-data fields for any NE or file in the DNE Maps application) or unstructured (information saved in any other format). Structured information fields are database entries that can be kept with regard to any NE or any file in any map.

 

There are three pages of editable user-determined fields on fields page 1, fields page 2 and fields page 3 of fields, and a fourth (fields page 4) page of fixed fields.

 

Fields come in six kinds:

1.Book fields allow you to keep extensive textual notes on anything.
2.Date fields allow you to track anything on a calendar.
3.Rank fields allow you to attribute a numerical rank to anything.
4.Check boxes allow you to add/remove a tick for a property.
5.List fields allow you to select a property from a list.
6.Text labels are fixed pieces of text that provide information.

 

All fields can be edited on the fly (except text labels, which are fixed).

 

All fields are searchable in the DNE Map search engine.

 

 

 

 

How to Use Fields

To view fields for an NE or file:

•Click the NE or file.

 

To view different fields pages:

•Click fields page 1, fields page 2, fields page 3, or fields page 4.

 

To update fields:

Book

field book
•Type in the box.

Check box

field check box
•Click the field check box - box only.

List

field list
1.Click the field list button, then
2.Select item from list.

Rank

 

field rank
•Click rank field - max-min dialogue box - up to increase the rank, or
•Click rank field - max-min dialogue box - down to decrease the rank.

Date

date field
1.Click the field calendar
2.Click the:
?date field forward month to advance one month,
?date field forward year to advance one year,
?date field backward month to go back one month,
?date field backward year to go back one year,
3.Click the desired date, then
4.Click OK.

Text Label

field text label

Cannot be changed.