Dictionaries (Configuration)

By default, this section in not available to any user. To access it, the user must have Manage dictionaries (manage-dictionaries) permissions.

In this menu you can create new dictionaries or configure existing ones.

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Each dictionary has ID, Name and Description fields. Dictionary name must be unique. Dictionary ID is set by the system and cannot be changed.

Data

All keys and values of the dictionary are stored in the table under the dictionary settings.

Above the table, there is a dictionary control pane with the following buttons:

Button Description

Add a new dictionary entry

Import dictionary from Excel table.

Export dictionary as Excel table.

Undo changes

To add a new value to the dictionary, press the button in the dictionary header. To delete a value, press the button in the corresponding column.

Table header might contain value names. You can name values only when importing a dictionary from an Excel table.

You can encrypt values in the data table. To do this, the value name must contain the password substring (case insensitive).

encrypted

All keys in the dictionary must be unique. If the input field contains the key, that was already used, the system will show the error and won’t let you save such a dictionary.

existing name
Error when trying to create duplicate key

To apply the values to the dictionary, press the Apply button under the data table. To delete the dictionary, press the Delete under the data table.