PAL Reading Room Custom Fields

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Create a PAL Reading Room Custom Field

  1. Click Administration > Document Management > PAL Reading Room Custom Fields. The PAL Reading Room Custom Field Groups screen displays as shown below.

    Table displaying PAL Reading Room custom field groups with options for editing and enabling.

  2. Select a Custom Field Group for which you want to create a Custom Field.

  3. Click Fields. The PAL Reading Room Custom Fields screen displays as shown below

    Table displaying custom fields for PAL Reading Room with various attributes and options.

  4. Click New. The New PAL Reading Room Custom Field screen displays as shown below.

    Form for creating a new custom field in PAL Reading Room system.

  5. Enter information in the fields described below per your agency's requirements.

Field

Description

Name

The name of the Custom Field.

Type

The type of Custom Field.

Length

The length of the Custom Field, where the maximum character length allowed is 50.

Display Width

The display width up to 200 Pixels.

Enabled

When selected, enables the Custom Field.

Required

When selected, makes the Custom Field a required field.

Show in PAL (Public Access Link)

When selected, displays the Custom Field in PAL.

  1. Click Save. A verification message displays as shown below.

    Popup message asking if the user wants to save the custom field changes.

7. Click OK.

Edit PAL Reading Room Custom Field

Follow the steps below to edit a PAL Reading Room Custom Field:

  1. Click Administration > Document Management > PAL Reading Room Custom Fields. The PAL Reading Room Custom Field Groups screen displays

  2. Select the Custom Field Group containing the Custom Field you want to edit.

  3. Click Fields. The PAL Reading Room Custom Fields screen displays

  4. Select the Custom Field you want to edit, then click Edit. The Edit PAL Reading Room Custom Field screen displays for the selected Custom Fiel

  5. Enter information in the fields as needed. These are described under the section above

  6. Click Save. A verification message displays

  7. Click OK

Delete PAL Reading Room Custom Field

Follow the steps below to Delete a PAL Reading Room Custom Field:

  1. Click Administration > Document Management > PAL Reading Room Custom Fields. The PAL Reading Room Custom Field Groups screen displays

  2. Select the Custom Field Group containing the Custom Field you want to delete, then click Fields. The PAL Reading Room Custom Fields screen displays

  3. Select the Custom Field you want to delete. The first Custom Field will be selected by default

  4. Click Delete. A verification message displays

  5. Click OK