Edit Field

The page for editing fields in a Workspace is accessed by selecting Administration | Workspace | Field Maintenance from the FootPrints Toolbar.

To edit a field:

1. Select the field to be edited from the dialog box on the Fields Maintenance page and click Edit.
2. The Field Maintenance dialog is highlighted in a darker color until the edit is complete.
3. Make any needed changes to the field.
4. If the field is a drop-down or multi-select field and you would like to edit the choices in the field, click Edit Field Choices.
5. Click Complete Edit to complete the edit or Cancel Edit to cancel the changes.
6. Enter you password and click GO.

To see how the issue page will look without saving the configuration or leaving the Field Maintenance page, click the PREVIEW button. A new window is displayed showing the issue page as you have edited it so far. This is a preview, but the configuration is not saved until you enter your password and click SAVE.

Note on Data

Editing a field does not affect the data in existing Issues.

NOTE ON CHANGING FIELD NAMES AND TYPES

FootPrints does not allow you to change the field type and does not allow you to change the field name except for SQL Server or MySQL databases.  For all other databases, if you want to change the field type or field name, you must delete the field and create a new one.