Basic Tab for Extended Information Formats
The Basic tab displays when you click an Extended Information Format wizard.
This tab contains the following attributes.
Only the Description attribute may be modified.
| • | Name |
| • | Description |
| • | Record Type |
| • | Purpose |
This attribute uniquely identifies the Extended Information Format policy. This name is ten characters or less, and may not include spaces or punctuation, except for dash (-) and underscore (_). Additionally, the pipe character (|) may not be used.
This attribute describes the purpose of the Extended Information Format policy, and is used for reference purposes only. The description may be up to 60 characters in length. Although the Description attribute may contain spaces and punctuation, the pipe character (|) cannot be used.
This attribute contains the type of records that will use this Format policy. The record type used for Extended Information-purpose formats is OTHER.
This attribute specifies how this Format policy will be used with SirsiDynix Symphony records. SirsiDynix Symphony assigns the purpose when a format is created. For instance, when creating a new user extended information Format policy, SirsiDynix Symphony will assign the USER_EXT purpose to the format.
For more information about the delivered Format policies and their purposes, go to the Format Wizards topic.
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