Contents Now Platform Administration Previous Topic Next Topic Display values Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Display values Reference fields store a sys_id for each referenced record in the database, but the sys_id is not shown. The reference field shows the display value. For example, an incident's Assigned to field stores the sys_id of a particular user, but actually displays the user's name. The following example shows how Charlie Witherspoon, which is the display value of a user record, is shown in the Assigned to field. Figure 1. Display value xml Table 1. Reference field Reference field Value stored in database Display value field of source table Value displayed in UI Assigned to [task.assigned_to] 46b87022a9fe198101a78787e40d7547 Name [sys_user.name] Charlie Whitherspoon Reference fields show display values in: Lists Forms Reports Auto-complete suggestions Slushbuckets Select a field as the table display valueOnly one field can be defined as the display value for a table.Related conceptsThe unique record identifier (sys_id) On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic
Display values Reference fields store a sys_id for each referenced record in the database, but the sys_id is not shown. The reference field shows the display value. For example, an incident's Assigned to field stores the sys_id of a particular user, but actually displays the user's name. The following example shows how Charlie Witherspoon, which is the display value of a user record, is shown in the Assigned to field. Figure 1. Display value xml Table 1. Reference field Reference field Value stored in database Display value field of source table Value displayed in UI Assigned to [task.assigned_to] 46b87022a9fe198101a78787e40d7547 Name [sys_user.name] Charlie Whitherspoon Reference fields show display values in: Lists Forms Reports Auto-complete suggestions Slushbuckets Select a field as the table display valueOnly one field can be defined as the display value for a table.Related conceptsThe unique record identifier (sys_id)
Display values Reference fields store a sys_id for each referenced record in the database, but the sys_id is not shown. The reference field shows the display value. For example, an incident's Assigned to field stores the sys_id of a particular user, but actually displays the user's name. The following example shows how Charlie Witherspoon, which is the display value of a user record, is shown in the Assigned to field. Figure 1. Display value xml Table 1. Reference field Reference field Value stored in database Display value field of source table Value displayed in UI Assigned to [task.assigned_to] 46b87022a9fe198101a78787e40d7547 Name [sys_user.name] Charlie Whitherspoon Reference fields show display values in: Lists Forms Reports Auto-complete suggestions Slushbuckets Select a field as the table display valueOnly one field can be defined as the display value for a table.Related conceptsThe unique record identifier (sys_id)
