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Modifying Reference Data Tables

This content applies solely to Vendor Management, which must be purchased separately from the Appian base platform. This content was written for Appian 24.1 and may not reflect the interfaces or functionality of other Appian versions.

Introduction

The solution is designed to be customized to your organization's particular needs. The various interfaces in the out-of-the box solution contain values that are stored in database tables. This information is called reference data.

The types of reference data in VM are:

  • Dropdown lists and their values.
    • See Modifying Dropdown Lists for instructions on how to add and deactivate values in dropdown lists, and add new dropdown lists.

You can identify reference data tables by looking for tables that have _R_ in the name, such as AS_VM_R_DATA.

This page describes the structure of the reference data tables.

Reference data table

Dropdown values for VM are stored in the AS_VM_R_DATA table. Updating this table allows you control what dropdown values and lists display to end users moving through the award process. See Modifying Dropdown Lists for more information on how this table is used. See the following table for a description of the fields in the AS_VM_R_DATA table.

Name MySQL Data Type Appian Data Type Description
REF_DATA_ID int(11) Number (integer) The primary key.
REF_LABEL varchar(255) Text The name that the end user will see in the dropdown list.
REF_DESCRIPTION varchar(255) Text The description of the dropdown list value. For example, "the evaluation status is setting up."
REF_TYPE varchar(255) Text What reference type the value is grouped by. For example, Evaluation Status.
REF_ICON varchar(50) Text The icon associated with the value. For more information, visit the Appian icons page.
REF_COLOR varchar(50) Text Determines the color associated with the data. Valid values: STANDARD, POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, ACCENT, or a specific hex value. For example, #FFBF00.
SORT_ORDER int(11) Number (integer) Determines the order of values displayed in the dropdown.
IS_ACTIVE tinyint(1) Boolean Determines if the value will display, or not. Valid values are 1 and 0, where 1 will display the value and 0 will not display the value.
CREATED_BY varchar(255) Text The user who added the reference data originally.
CREATED_DATETIME timestamp DateTime The date and time that the reference data was originally added.
MODIFIED_BY varchar(255) Text The user who changed the reference data most recently.
MODIFIED_DATETIME timestamp DateTime The date and time that the reference data was most recently changed.

See below for an example of what the first six columns of the reference data may look like:

REF_DATA_ID LABEL TYPE REF_ICON REF_COLOR IS_ACTIVE
1 Setting up Evaluation Status gear #757575 1
2 In progress Evaluation Status spinner NULL 1
11 Hours Item Duration Unit NULL NULL 1
22 Accept Review Type thumbs-up ACCENT 1
23 Request Changes Review Type edit ACCENT 1
24 Vendor Document Type NULL NULL 1
25 Factor Document Type NULL NULL 1

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