The lowest level field name describes the type of data that is expected to be captured by the field on the form. There are over 650 base fields that fully describe clients, accounts, advisors, products, product companies, etc, including 50 user-defined fields.
Attributes
Base fields have the following attributes:
Quik! Field Name
The actual field name on a form (internal use only)
Field Short Name
A short descriptive field name
Field Description
Long description of the field including it's purpose, synonyms and keywords
System Name
Name of the field as used in Quik! software for identifying the field
Data Set Type
Indicates the type of parent field functions with the base field
Category
A sub category to better describe the general purpose of the field
Date Active
Indicates when the field became active in the definition
Format
Specifies a format that should be applied to a field if the field value is numeric (e.g. phone number)
Data Type
Indicates the type of data expected in the field (number, string, boolean, signature, etc)