Number
What is a Number Field?
Number fields store basic number values, such as quantities, grades, or scores.
Field Options
Creating or editing Number Fields will have the following options to configure:
Name
This setting allows you to title your number field. For instance, "Quantity" or "Grade".
Description
This setting allows you to optionally describe your number field for your own reference.
Decimal Places
This setting allows you to define how many digits you wish to appear after the decimal within your number values. Decimal Places can be configured to show up to 10 digits.
By default the decimal place setting for basic number values is set to None which means that basic number values are displayed as whole digits.
If the decimal place is set to None or 0, basic number values will always store and display as whole digits, even for those basic number values submitted on forms with digits following the decimal point.
If you wish for your app to store and display number values with the digits following the decimal point, you must change the decimal places setting to 1 or higher.
Thousands Delimiter
This setting allows you to define which character you wish to use as a delimiter to separate groups of thousands. At default, the thousands delimiter is set to None, meaning your number values will display with no thousands delimiter.
If you wish to change your thousands delimiter setting and choose a delimiter character, you can choose either a comma, period, or space character to separate groups of thousands within your number values.
This setting does not affect how the values appear in form inputs and will only effect how the number displays AFTER a value is saved.
Unique
This setting allows you to define whether each number value must be unique per record.
Placeholder
This setting allows you to enter placeholder text to automatically populate within this field's box on a form when the form loads. Placeholders can be useful for providing instructions, such as "Please enter quantity here." When a user begins to type within the field box, the placeholder text will disappear and be overwritten.
Default Form Value
This setting allows you to enter a default number value that will automatically populate within this field's box on a form when the form loads. For the Number field, only digits can be set for this value.