| Type | Description |
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| A read-only field that allows you to concatenate multiple fields into one field. For example, if users have 4 supervisors, each being tracked in a separate field (i.e. supervisor01, supervisor02, supervisor03, supervisor04), you could still display them in one (1) column in reports by adding an alias field, simply giving it a name of "Supervisor", and select all 4 fields in the "User profile fields" section. Program and cohort business rules can now be applied against the Alias field type. When defining rules against an alias, the administrator should use the "contains" operator since the alias concatenates multiple fields. For example, a rule that states where the department contains ACCU would search all department fields for the value of "ACCU". If any of the departments has the value ACCU, the rule would return true. |
| Associated input | Allows you to store information in a core field that already exists in the main user profile, like "institution" or "department" for example. If you want to add a core field to the self-registration page, you must create a custom user profile field of type "Associated input".
IMPORTANT NOTE: When uploading user information via CSV, if an "associated input" field is created, you must always use the custom field to upload the information. In other words, if you create a field called "department" that is associated to the original department field, your CSV file must contain a header labelled "profile_field_department". Do not upload using the label "department". |
| Checkbox | Shows a checkbox to the right of the field. Stored value is either 1 (true) or 0 (false). |
| Date/time | Shows a series of drop down menu to select a date, and optionally a time, as well as an icon to launch a calendar. Format is 'YYYY-MM-DD' or 'YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS'. |
| Dropdown menu | Shows a menu of choices in a drop down box. |
File upload | Shows a text area where the user can drag and drop files to add them. The maximum number of files and maximum upload size is configurable by an administrator on a per field basis. |
| OCI ID | A special field used to identify healthcare professionals by their professional association and member id. Used by the OCI (Open Collaboration Initiative) to unique identifier users across hospitals and learning environments. |
| Other dropdown menu | Shows a menu of choices in a drop down box whose options vary depending on the selection of another drop down menu. |
| Social | Shows legacy fields that used to exist in older version of the HCE but are no longer available out of the box given that the are meant to integrate to systems that are for the most part no longer popular (e.g. ICQ Number, MSN ID, AIM ID, Yahoo ID, Skype ID, Web page). |
| Static text | New in 4.1.6. Allows you to display read-only information on the self-registration page and/or edit profile page such as a welcome message or special instructions. |
| Text area | Shows a text area that supports entering multiple lines of text. |
| Text input | Shows a text input that supports entering 1 line of text. |