In the Property Type drop-down list, choose what kind of information this property stores:
Textual allows you to store text values.
Simple Number allows you to store whole numbers.
Floating Point Number allows you to store numbers that include decimal points.
Date allows you to store date values.
Reference allows you to store a reference to an administrative object in the portal. After choosing this option, in the second drop-down list, choose what type of administrative object this property references.
Encrypted Text allows you to store encrypted text values.
Note: After you save this property, the property type cannot be changed.
If this property stores a Web address, select
Treat this property like an URL.
If you choose this option, users can click-through the property, so the
values for this property must always be URLs.
Note: This option is only available for textual properties.
If this property applies to documents imported
into the portal, select This property
is supported for use with documents.
Note: This option is not available for reference
properties.
By default, properties display on the Properties and Names page of the object editor. If this property is generated automatically and you want to store the value in the database but not display it on the Properties and Names page, clear the This Property is visible in the UI check box.
If you do not want users to be able to edit the values for this property, select Read Only.
Users can search for documents containing specific
text or objects with specific text in the name or description, but they
can also search for documents or other objects containing specific property
values. If you want users to be able to search for objects based on the
values for this property, select Searchable.
For example, if you specify that the Author property is searchable, users
could search for all the objects created by a particular person.
Note: If you create a searchable property or edit the searchability
of an existing property, you need to rebuild the search index.
If you want to require that users specify a value
for this property before they can save the associated object, select Make this property mandatory.
Note: This option is not available if this property is set to
Read Only.
If you want to allow users to specify more than one value for this property, select Multiple values can be selected for this Property.
In the Property Chooser Type drop-down list, specify what format should be used for value selection:
None displays a text box in which users can type property values.
Managed Dropdown displays a drop-down list of values you specify from which users can choose; to create the values users can choose from, click
Add Value
and type a value in the text box. To remove a value, select the value
and click 
. To select or clear all value check boxes, select
or clear the box to the left of Value
Names.Unmanaged Dropdown displays a drop-down list populated with the values from a database table from which users can choose; in the Database Table Name box, type the name of the table from which you want to populate your list; in the Pick Column box, specify the column from which you want to populate the list; in the Sort Column box, type the name of the column upon which the values are sorted.
Tree displays a hierarchical list populated with the values from a database table from which users can choose; in the Database Table Name box, type the name of the table from which you want to populate the list; in the Pick Column box, specify the column from which you want to populate the list; in the Sort Column box, type the name of the column upon which the values are sorted; to add a column, click
Add Value
and enter the Pick Column and Sort Column values; to remove a column,
select it and click ; to select or clear all the column
check boxes, select or clear the box to the left of Pick
Column.
Note: This option is not available for date or reference properties.