Text

The text data type stores a string of UTF-8 characters. A text column is a good choice if you want to store data like names or addresses It is a common data type and one you are more than likely going to use.

Creating a text column

The process for creating a text column takes a few seconds.

1. First, click the Create column button.
2. Give your text column a name - such as 'Name'.
3. By default the text data type will be selected; so there's no need to change it.
4. Click Save Column.

Using the text data type

In the Design section, will be able to use a variety of components for Displaying text, as well as a number of form Text inputs for accepting user input.

Convertible types

The text data type can be converted into another related type.

The most common reason to change the type of a text column will be to make it compatible with one of the following Form components:

• Options picker
• Long Form Field
• Barcode/QR Field

Options

Allows a single value to be chosen from a dropdown of options.

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Any existing text value will be kept, however it will appear as a null in the dropdown.

Long Form Text