Adding Elements to a Data Model

 

You can add different element types to a data model. Any element you add to the root is called a Child and will be at a lower level in the root. An element with one or more child elements is called a Parent and only group elements can be parent elements. An element at the same level as an existing element is called a Sibling element.

You can add the following in a data model:

You can convert the following simple and group data models:

The element types that you can add in a data model are listed in the following table:

   

Field	Element Type	Description
Containers	Group	Allows you to organize a set of child   elements
	Linked Data Model	Allows you to link an existing data   model
Calculated field	Calculated field	Allows you to create a calculated field   that uses solution items and other   elements within the data model
Input fields (Simple elements)	Binary	Designed to store a Base-64 encoded   string
	Boolean	Allows you to pass a boolean value as a   data
	Date	Allows you to pass a date value in the   format MM/DD/YYYY
	DateTime	Allows you to pass a date and time   value in the format MM/DD/YYY   HH:MM AM/PM
	Decimal	Allows you to pass a decimal value
	Duration	Allows you to pass a period of time in   the format HH:MM:SS
	HTML	Allows you to pass a string of HTML
	Integer	Allows you to pass an integer value
	PlainText	Allows you to pass a string of text
	Time	Allows you to pass a time value in the   format HH:MM AM/PM
	UncResource	Allow you to pass a string as a   Universal Naming Convention (UNC) value
	UriResource	Allows you to pass a string as a   Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)   value
	XML	Allows you to pass a string of XML