Tables
Table 8: Insight Field Types
Field Type | Description |
Short Text Fields | Text fields are the most common field type in Insight. Short Text is the default field type in Insight and may contain up to 4,000 characters. |
Long Text Fields | Long text fields may contain up to 4,000 characters and are preconfigured to make the best use of the data window to display the text. |
Numeric Fields | Numeric fields may include positive or negative values, but require a valid number. |
Date Fields | Date Fields may contain up to 4,000 characters are simply text fields with Fuzzy Date Validation logic enabled – ensuring that the data entered into the field conforms to a valid date format. |
Table 9: Inscribe Validation Types
Validation Type | Description |
Required | User must enter a value into the field before they can save. |
Numeric Range | User must enter a number between a specified minimum and maximum value. |
Valid Fuzzy Date | User may enter a textual or numeric date or date range, but it must conform to the fuzzy date specification. |
Table 10: Valid Date Formats
Use numeric date formats | 1782 |
Use familiar date vocabulary | 11th century ad |
Add modifiers to dates | 2000 bc |
Construct date ranges using a dash | 1900 - 1940 |
Table 11: Default Properties for Insight Field Types
Option | Short Text | Long Text | Numeric | Date | Unique ID |
Data Type | Text | Text | Numeric | Text | Text |
Suggested Length | 255 | 4000 | 4 | 100 | 100 |
NOTE: Suggested Lengths are provided for reference when configuring source-table write-back |
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Allow Repeating | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
NOTE: You can set a field to repeat within the Administrator Tools |
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Required Field? | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
Enforce Unique? | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
Use Fuzzy Dates | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO |
Index Keywords? | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Select List Behavior | Auto-list w/ list all | First letter w/ list all | Auto-list w/ list all | Auto-list w/ list all | Auto-list w/ list all |
Thumb Option? | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES |
Sort Option? | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES |
Display in Data? | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Data Window Display Options | Wrap to center | Wrap to left | Wrap to center | Wrap to center | Wrap to center |
Delimiter Type | Repeat Field Name | Repeat Field Name | Repeat Field Name | Repeat Field Name | Repeat Field Name |
Table 12: Record Display and Data Properties
| Object Record | Independent Records | Dependent Records | Controlled Vocabularies | |
Displayed in its own form | YES | YES | NO | YES | |
Maintains Unique values | ? | YES | NO | YES | |
Duplicates values | ? | NO | YES | NO | |
Folded into parent form | NO | NO | YES | YES | |
Contains more than one field | YES | YES | YES | NO | |
Can have nested elements | YES | YES | YES* | NO | |
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Figure 33: Mapping of Permissions from the User Manager to Collection Manager
UserUser Group (Code Key)CollectionUser Group (Code Key)Profile*User Manager*Collection Manager or
*Personal Insight Manager*Share
Table 13: Image and Multimedia Formats Supported by Insight
Supported Image Types |
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BMP | GIF | JPEG |
TIFF | TIFF (with LZW) | RAW |
PGM | PNG |
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NOTE: Only 8-Bit Images are currently supported |
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Supported Multimedia Types |
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AIFF (.aiff) | MIDI (.mid) | QuickTime (continued) |
8-bit mono/stereo linear | Type 1 & 2 MIDI | Video: JPEG (420, 422, 444) |
16-bit mono/stereo linear | MPEG-1 Video (.mpg) | Video: RGB |
G.711 (U-law) | Multiplexed System stream | Sun Audio (.au) |
A-law | Video-only stream | 8 bits mono/stereo linear |
IMA4 ADPCM | MPEG Layer II Audio (.mp2) | 16 bits mono/stereo linear |
AVI (.avi) | MPEG layer 1, 2 audio | G.711 (U-law) |
Audio: 8-bit mono/stereo linear | QuickTime (.mov) | A-law |
Audio: 16-bit mono/stereo linear | Audio: 8 bits mono/stereo linear | Wave (.wav) |
Audio: DVI ADPCM compressed | Audio: 16 bits mono/stereo linear | 8-bit mono/stereo linear |
Audio: G.711 (U-law) | Audio: G.711 (U-law) | 16-bit mono/stereo linear |
Audio: A-law | Audio: A-law | G.711 (U-law) |
Audio: GSM mono | Audio: GSM mono | A-law |
Video: Cinepak | Audio: IMA4 ADPCM | GSM mono |
Video: MJPEG (422) | Video: Cinepak | DVI ADPCM |
Video: RGB | Video: H.261 | MS ADPCM |
Video: YUV | Video: H.263 |
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Table 14: Image Sizes in Insight
Insight Size | Dimensions |
Size 0 | – up to 96 pixels on the long side |
Size 1 | – up to 192 pixels on the long side |
Size 2 | – up to 384 pixels on the long side |
Size 3 | – up to 768 pixels on the long side |
Size 4 | – up to 1536 pixels on the long side |
Size 5 | – up to 3072 pixels on the long side |
Size 6 | – up to 6144 pixels on the long side |
Size 7 | – up to 12288 pixels on the long side |
Size 8 | – up to 24576 pixels on the long side |
Table 15: Default Collection Settings for Collections Built with Insight Studio
Property | Configured automatically in Insight Studio | NOTES |
Background Image | YES |
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Background Color | YES |
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Browser Background Image | YES |
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Insight Java Client Remote Launch URL | YES | Configured from Default in InsightServer.dat, can be changed manually in the Administrator Tools |