Element Types gives you the opportunity to change the formatting of numbers, dates, etc. per Format Type. For every type of element (weight of a car, horsepower, length in meters, currency in 2 decimals or currency with no decimals, etc.) you can define an Element Type. For every defined Element Type you can enter a format string per Format Type.
For example:
Suppose you want to see the price Element Type in your backoffice without currency symbol and using a dot (.) as a decimal separator. But you want to see the same price Element Type on a quote using a currency symbol (for example €) and using the target country's decimal separator, for example a comma (,). In that case you declare a Format Type Dutch Documents and a Format Type Backoffices. In case of the Backoffice, you can enter #.00 as a format string, in case of the Dutch Documents you can enter C (see example format strings below).
Name
The name of the Element Type, example Price.
Base Type
Element Base Type. Chose from:
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None
No Base type. Is used for strings that can contain any value.
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Alpha-numeric
Strings that contain only values from this list of characters: 0123456789ABZDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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Array
The element can contain a list of values. Every assignment of a value to this kind of elements, result in the addition of an element to the list.
