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Is it possible to set a field as "Required" in a dataset's XML metadata?

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Is it possible to set a field as "Required" in a dataset's XML metadata?

pelzc

2016-09-28 11:42

Status: Closed

Through the GUI, one may set a field in a dataset to "Required" by checking a box when editing the dataset definition. I would like to be able to set this attribute in a file based module (similar to setting the "isHidden" attribute to true). If there is not a "isRequired" attribute, any suggestions on how to set this option programmatically would be appreciated. Also, is there is list of attributes that are supported in the XML metatdata?

jeckels responded:	2016-09-28 12:22
Please use the <nullable> element to control this via XML. It's the same property, just with a different name from what the UI shows. The XML schema tableInfo.xsd defines the properties. You can find it in the Subversion source code under: schemas\tableInfo.xsd or refer to HTML-based documentation for the <column> element (generated from the XSD itself) here: https://www.labkey.org/download/schema-docs/xml-schemas/schemas/tableInfo_xsd/complexTypes/ColumnType.html Thanks, Josh