New Data Member Dialog Box

Use the New Data Memberdialog box to add a data member to a data object.

You must include a new data member that is a primary key for a new data object.

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Member Name

Select a name for the new data member from the list. The new data member name must be unique for the data object. The data member must have the name of a database column or LDAP attribute in the underlying data store. The name can contain a maximum of 127 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_). The name cannot contain spaces.

Display Name

Type the name that you want displayed in the application for the data member. The display name can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.

Description

Type a short description for the data member. The description can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.

Type

Select one of the following data types for the data member:

  • Binary

  • Boolean

  • Currency (the Profiles System uses the Decimal data type which is a fixed precision data type; to get more precision, specify more than 6 decimal points)

  • Date/Time

  • Number

  • String

Multivalued

Select this check box to enable the collection of multiple values that are associated with the data member.

Required

Select this check box if the data member is required. Otherwise, the data member will be optional.

Indexed

Select this check box if the data will be indexed on this data member.

Primary key

Select this check box to designate this data member as the primary key. You must select one data member in each data object to be the primary key.

Add

Click to add the new data member to the data member list.

Finished

Click to close the New Data Member dialog box and update the Commerce Server Manager details pane.

See Also

Other Resources

How to Add a Data Member to a Data Object

How to Change a Data Member

How to Delete a Data Member

Profiles Database Structure

Profiles Schema