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Add Item Attributes to the Design Pane

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After you have specified the page setup for the field report data entry form template, you can begin adding item attributes/fields. To add individual item attributes to the field reportdata entry form in the Data Entry Form Template Designer window:
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<li>Expand the item folder that contains the attribute by double-clicking the folder name in the elements Elements pane.</li>
<li>Expand the data category that contains the item attribute.</li>
<li>Click the name of the attribute you would like to add to the field reportdata entry form.</li>
<li>While holding down the left mouse button, drag the attribute to the form design pane.</li>
<li>When the item attribute’s elements are attribute is in the desired position, release the mouse button.</li>
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{{ImportantNote|If you drag an item attribute to the design pane which has previously been added, the following message displays::At least one of the components fields you dragged onto on to the form template already existsin the template. Do you want You cannot add the same field more than once to create a new entity?the template.Click the '''YesOK''' button if you would like your field report template to capture data for another item record and add the item attribute to the field report template. Otherwise, click the No button; the item attribute will not be added to the field report template.
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{{note|You can also add all item attributes in a category to the field report data entry form by dragging the folder of the item it to the design pane.
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<li>Repeat the above steps to add additional item attributes to the field reportdata entry form.</li>
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{{Warning | When item attributes are dragged to the design pane, they typically include both a text label and the will use widgets for that data entry fieldtype. The data entry field and label '''All''' parts of the widget should be kept together present in the template in order to ensure that the integrity of the widget will work for dataentry. Although you can change properties and e.g. the label text, be sure to provide a meaningful label so that it is clear to users what data they should enter in . In the geographical widget you may delete the fieldpolyline/polygon table. }}
Depending on which data type the item attribute is and on the settings in the Data Inventory Manager the control / widget is different.{| class="wikitable"! Type in DIM! Setting in DIM! Example! Widget! Control / widget|-| System| No| Land ID| Local ID Generator| [[Image:UserManual_LocationNameFieldLocal_ID_Gen.png]]|-| Country Structure|centerNo| Victim Living In| Country Structure| [[Image:cs.png]]|-| Date| No| Status changed date| Date| [[Image:date.png]]|-| Geographical information| No| All items| Geo data| [[Image:geo.png]]The difference between the columns ''X / Lon & Y / Lat'' and ''X / Longitude & Y / Latitude'' is described [[Summary Window#Data area - Geospatial tab|''Location Name Field'here''']].|-| Multiple Select| No| Vulnerable group| Multiple Select| [[Image:multiselect.png]]|-| Number| No| Size of Living Space| Text Field| [[Image:number.png]]|-| Organisation| No| Organisation| Organisation| [[Image:org.png]]|-| Place| No| Status changed date| Place| [[Image:place.png]]
In addition to the text label and data entry field, certain item attributes such as date fields, country structure, and geospatial data will also include an icon|-| Single Select| Yes| Land Status| Radio button| [[Image:rb_std.png]]|-| Single Select| Yes| Status changed reason| Combo box| [[Image:combobox.png]]|-| String / Text| Only for CDFs| Land Name| Text Field| [[Image:Textbox.png]]|-| String / Text| Only for CDFs| Major Impacts| Text Area| [[Image:Textarea.png]]|-| Subobject| No| Ordnance| Table| [[Image:Table. You should keep these elements together png]]|-| Time| No| Time to ensure the integrity of the data. If any one of the elements is removed, you should remove all related elementshospital| Time| [[Image:Time widget.png]]|}
[[Image:UserManual_Elements{{New_6.png0 |center|500px|''Elements'']]<div align="center">''Elements''</div>It is possible to specify in the Data Inventory Manager if the text CDFs should be a Text Field or a Text Area in the template. It is not possible to switch between the two widgets in the Data Entry Form Template Designer. }}
As you add and remove delete item attributes to the form design pane, the Logical Tree pane is updated. There are other types of elements than item attribute that may be added to the template. These are found in the Tool folder:* [[Add an Image to the Data Entry Form Template | Icon]] e.g. logotypes* [[Add a Line to the Data Entry Form Template | Line ]] e.g. as header and footer divider* [[Add Text to the Data Entry Form Template | Text ]] e.g. template version number
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