--- schema_version: "1" id: a5de6b1676dba90930323215d23a8a74ea9556c98a65f258cd29f702776fcef6 title: Abstract Field collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/bi_dev_guide_rest/bi_responses_abstract_field.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.bi_dev_guide_rest.meta/bi_dev_guide_rest/bi_responses_abstract_field.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 64b881bbfa62c30c4fb033f61d20b7f04c8ba225144c52ec61882b04866f51e1 description: The base definition of a dataset field. --- # Abstract Field The base definition of a dataset field. Properties
Property Name Type Description Filter Group and Version Available Version
default​Value Object An optional default value Small, 37.0 37.0
description String An optional description of the field Small, 37.0 37.0
field​Type Connect​Wave​Field​Type​Enum The type of the field. Valid values are:
  • Date
  • DateOnly
  • DateTime
  • Numeric
  • Text
 Small, 37.0 37.0
format String For date field types, the format is used to parse the input value. For other field types, the format string is used for display. Small, 37.0 37.0
label String The label for the field. Small, 37.0 37.0
multi​Value Boolean Indicates if the field is a multivalue field (true) or not (false). The default is false. Small, 37.0 37.0
multi​Value​Separator String Required only for fields where multiValue is true. This is the value separator for multivalues. Small, 37.0 37.0
name String The field developer name. Small, 37.0 37.0
precision Integer The numeric precision or text length depending on the field type. Small, 37.0 37.0
scale Integer The numeric scale for numeric field types only. Small, 37.0 37.0
system​Field Boolean Indicates if the field is a system field (true) or not (false). The default is false. System fields are not queryable. Small, 37.0 37.0
unique​Id Boolean Indicates whether the field is a unique ID for the data set (true) or not (false). The default is false. There can only be one unique ID for any data set. Small, 37.0 37.0