Properties
This table lists the whole set of properties contained into this data type.
Some properties are "native", and have a single serialization format.
Some properties are "polymorphic", and can be serialized/deserialized using multiple formats (known as "styles")
| Name | Kind | Description |
|---|---|---|
| catalogId | native | Catalog Id |
| clusterIndex | native | Grouping priority |
| createdById | native | Creato da The creator of the entity |
| createdDate | native | Data creazione The creation date for the entity |
| crossId | native | Cross Id |
| crossJobOrderTaskPlanned | native | Cross Job Order Task Planned |
| crossType | polymorphic | Cross Type |
| dayFromActivation | native | Giorni dall'attivazione Days after activation |
| dayFromPreviousJobTask | native | Giorni di distanza tra gli interventi Days between the job order task |
| description | native | |
| excludeDays | native | Giorni da escludere Days to exclude |
| externalReference | polymorphic | External Reference |
| externalReferences | native | Campi aggiuntivi The external references linked to current object |
| fixedDays | native | Giorni fissi Fixed days |
| fixedMonths | native | Mesi fissi Fixed months |
| id | native | |
| jobOrderId | native | Job Order Id |
| jobOrderMode | polymorphic | Job Order Mode |
| jobOrderTaskAccountResources | native | Risorse dell'intervento Job order task resources |
| jobOrderTaskCheckList | native | Job Order Task Check List |
| jobOrderTaskCrossId | native | Job Order Task Cross Id |
| jobOrderTaskCrossMode | polymorphic | Job Order Task Cross Mode |
| jobOrderTaskCrossType | polymorphic | Job Order Task Cross Type |
| jobOrderTaskDuration | native | Job Order Task Duration |
| jobOrderTaskIdFirst | native | Job Order Task Id First |
| jobOrderTaskManagerId | native | Manager dell'intervento Job order task manager |
| jobOrderTaskReferrerId | native | Referente Referent |
| jobOrderTaskRollingStockMode | polymorphic | Job Order Task Rolling Stock Mode |
| jobOrderTaskStatus | native | Stato Intervento Job order task state |
| jobOrderTaskType | native | Tipo Intervento Job order task type |
| lastModifiedById | native | Modificato da The last modified by id |
| lastModifiedDate | native | Data modifica The last modified date |
| machineProximitySuggest | native | Include in the nearest |
| modelDescription | native | Model Description |
| ownerId | polymorphic | Proprietario The owner of the entity |
| planningMode | polymorphic | Modalità di pianificazione Planning mode |
| preferentialDays | native | Giorni preferenziali Preferred days |
| qtaFromPreviousJobTask | native | Qta from the interventions |
| recursive | native | Intervento ricorsivo Recursive Job order task |
| subject | native | |
| tags | polymorphic | |
| typeOfServiceId | native | Type Of Service Id |
catalogId
Catalog Id
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | CatalogId |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
clusterIndex
Grouping priority
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | ClusterIndex |
| Physical property type | int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
createdById
Creato da
The creator of the entity
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | CreatedById |
| Physical property type | int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | YES - OData example: $filter=createdById eq 123 |
| Is Enum | NO |
| Foreign Key |
|
createdDate
Data creazione
The creation date for the entity
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crossId
Cross Id
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | CrossId |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
crossJobOrderTaskPlanned
Cross Job Order Task Planned
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | CrossJobOrderTaskPlanned |
| Physical property type | CrossJobOrderTaskPlannedDTO |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | NO |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
| BO Type | CrossJobOrderTaskPlanned |
| DTO Type | CrossJobOrderTaskPlannedDTO |
crossType
Cross Type
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | CrossType |
| Physical property type | BusinessObjectType |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | YES |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-CrossTypeStyle: Full
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| Full | BusinessObjectType |
| None | BusinessObjectType |
dayFromActivation
Giorni dall'attivazione
Days after activation
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | DayFromActivation |
| Physical property type | int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
dayFromPreviousJobTask
Giorni di distanza tra gli interventi
Days between the job order task
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description
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | Description |
| Physical property type | string |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
excludeDays
Giorni da escludere
Days to exclude
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externalReference
External Reference
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | ExternalReference |
| Physical property type | string |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-ExternalReferenceStyle: Full
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| Full | string |
| None | string |
externalReferences
Campi aggiuntivi
The external references linked to current object
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | ExternalReferences |
| Physical property type | array of ExternalReferencesDTO |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | NO |
| Is Enumerable | YES |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
| Max value | -1 |
fixedDays
Giorni fissi
Fixed days
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | FixedDays |
| Physical property type | array of int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | NO |
| Is Enumerable | YES |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
fixedMonths
Mesi fissi
Fixed months
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | FixedMonths |
| Physical property type | array of int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | NO |
| Is Enumerable | YES |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
id
This property contains the primary key of the object inside the system. It can be used to universally identify the record containing all the object's data
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jobOrderId
Job Order Id
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderId |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
jobOrderMode
Job Order Mode
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderMode |
| Physical property type | JobOrderPlannedMode |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | YES |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-JobOrderPlannedModeEnumStyle
Crm-JobOrderPlannedModeEnumStyle: AdaptiveInteger
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| AdaptiveInteger | int |
| AdaptiveString | string |
jobOrderTaskAccountResources
Risorse dell'intervento
Job order task resources
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jobOrderTaskCheckList
Job Order Task Check List
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jobOrderTaskCrossId
Job Order Task Cross Id
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskCrossId |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
jobOrderTaskCrossMode
Job Order Task Cross Mode
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskCrossMode |
| Physical property type | JobOrderTaskPlannedCrossMode |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | YES |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-JobOrderTaskPlannedCrossModeEnumStyle
Crm-JobOrderTaskPlannedCrossModeEnumStyle: AdaptiveInteger
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| AdaptiveInteger | int |
| AdaptiveString | string |
jobOrderTaskCrossType
Job Order Task Cross Type
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskCrossType |
| Physical property type | BusinessObjectType |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | YES |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-BusinessObjectTypeEnumStyle
Crm-BusinessObjectTypeEnumStyle: AdaptiveInteger
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| AdaptiveInteger | int |
| AdaptiveString | string |
jobOrderTaskDuration
Job Order Task Duration
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskDuration |
| Physical property type | int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
jobOrderTaskIdFirst
Job Order Task Id First
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskIdFirst |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
jobOrderTaskManagerId
Manager dell'intervento
Job order task manager
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskManagerId |
| Physical property type | int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
jobOrderTaskReferrerId
Referente
Referent
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskReferrerId |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
jobOrderTaskRollingStockMode
Job Order Task Rolling Stock Mode
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskRollingStockMode |
| Physical property type | JobOrderTaskPlannedRollingStockMode |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | YES |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-JobOrderTaskPlannedRollingStockModeEnumStyle
Crm-JobOrderTaskPlannedRollingStockModeEnumStyle: AdaptiveInteger
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| AdaptiveInteger | int |
| AdaptiveString | string |
jobOrderTaskStatus
Stato Intervento
Job order task state
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskStatus |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
jobOrderTaskType
Tipo Intervento
Job order task type
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | JobOrderTaskType |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
lastModifiedById
Modificato da
The last modified by id
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | LastModifiedById |
| Physical property type | int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | YES - OData example: $filter=lastModifiedById eq 123 |
| Is Enum | NO |
| Foreign Key |
|
lastModifiedDate
Data modifica
The last modified date
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machineProximitySuggest
Include in the nearest
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modelDescription
Model Description
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | ModelDescription |
| Physical property type | string |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
ownerId
Proprietario
The owner of the entity
This polymorphic property is a foreign key, and refers to the account ID of the owner of this object.
Multiple serialization styles are available (see the section below).
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | OwnerId |
| Physical property type | int |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | NO |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | YES - OData example: $filter=ownerId eq 123 |
| Is Enum | NO |
| Foreign Key |
|
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-OwnerIdStyle: AdaptiveExternalReference
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| AdaptiveExternalReference | string |
| AdaptiveStringOnlyUserAccount | string |
| AdaptiveUserAccount | string |
| FlattenedExpansion | FlattenedExpansionSchema |
| Id | int |
| StrictEmail | string |
planningMode
Modalità di pianificazione
Planning mode
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | PlanningMode |
| Physical property type | JobOrderTaskPlanningMode |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | YES |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-JobOrderTaskPlanningModeEnumStyle
Crm-JobOrderTaskPlanningModeEnumStyle: AdaptiveInteger
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| AdaptiveInteger | int |
| AdaptiveString | string |
preferentialDays
Giorni preferenziali
Preferred days
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qtaFromPreviousJobTask
Qta from the interventions
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recursive
Intervento ricorsivo
Recursive Job order task
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | Recursive |
| Physical property type | bool |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
subject
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | Subject |
| Physical property type | string |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
tags
This polymorphic property is an array of tags (textual labels) associated to the object.
For details on using the different serialization/deserialization styles, refer to the section below "Polymorphic styles"
OData searches
You can use this property as a filter condition in an OData expression via the eq operator and the startswith, endswith functions.
Examples:
'eq' -> GET: /api/{version}/Company/Search?$filter=tags eq 'category'
'startswith' -> GET: /api/{version}/Company/Search?$filter=startswith(tags,'te')
'endswith' -> GET: /api/{version}/Company/Search?$filter=endswith(tags,'ro')
Complex example -> GET: /api/{version}/Company/Search?$filter=startswith(tags,'te') or endswith(tags,'ro') &$orderby=id asc&$top=10&$skip=0&$select=id,companyName,billed,tags
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | Tags |
| Physical property type | array of long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | YES |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | YES |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
Polymorphic styles for version 'v1'
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Crm-TagsStyle: AdaptiveCsv
| Style name | Serialized as |
|---|---|
| AdaptiveCsv | string |
| AdaptiveExternalReference | string |
| AdaptiveName | string |
| AdaptiveStringOnlyName | string |
| Csv | string |
| CsvOfIds | string |
| CsvOfNames | string |
| Id | int |
typeOfServiceId
Type Of Service Id
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical property name | TypeOfServiceId |
| Physical property type | long |
| Is Required | NO |
| Is Polymorphic | NO |
| Is Nullable | NO |
| Is Logical Primitive | YES |
| Is Enumerable | NO |
| Is Searchable | NO |
| Is Enum | NO |
Schema
The following table contains the main schema information about this data type.
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Complex type | CrossJobOrderTaskPlannedDTO |
| Required: |
Polymorphic Schema
The polymorphic schema describe how the object is serialized and deserialized by the Web API pipeline.
Some properties are "native", and have a single serialization format.
Some properties are "polymorphic", and can be serialized/deserialized using multiple formats (known as "styles")