Percent Field

With the Percent Field type, users can enter a percentage (number including decimals) and a % sign is automatically added. You can optionally define a maximum number of decimal places along with the following properties:

• Field Properties

  • Field Label — (mandatory) is displayed on the left from the field on view, edit, and new record pages.

  • View Header — (optional) is used in headers of views and reports. If not specified, the Field Label is used.

  • View Width — (optional) is used to set width (in pixels or %) of columns in views and reports. If not specified, the browser calculates the width of columns automatically.

  • Default Size — The default size of the input field shown in forms (you can override this default as a page-level property using the page editor).

  • Decimal Places — The number of decimal places to display to the right of the decimal point.

  • Default Value — Assign a Default Value to the field and select the Assign values for all existing object records now check box when creating the field.

    Note: The setting only applies to new fields. If you update an existing field by adding a default value, existing records will not be updated with the Default Value
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  • Minimum Value — Minimum allowed value for this field.

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  • Maximum Value — Maximum allowed value for this field.

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• Advanced Field Properties — For more information, see Advanced field properties.

• Integration Name — The integration name is used to reference this field via merge fields or with Platform APIs.

• Field-Level Help — The Field-Level Help box allows you to define help text for the field that will appear in a popup when the user clicks the help icon next to the field.