{{tag>Index Glossary Business_Object Attribute Type}}
===== Attribute type =====

An attribute type determines the nature of the information held by the [[glossary:attribute|attribute]]. An attribute type can be either a **basic type** or a **[[glossary:reference_attribute|reference type]]**. There are following basic types: 

      * **Plain Text**, used for non-formatted textual information such as a person's name or address.
      * **Number**, used for monetary, countable or other numerical data.
      * **Yes/No**, used for information that can be described by one of two possible values, such as yes/no, on/off, etc. 
      * **Date**, used to hold dates.
      * **Timestamp**, used to hold a moment in time including the date and the time parts.
      * **Duration**, used to hold a time interval.
      * **Picture**, used specifically for images intended to be displayed on the object form.
      * **Document**, used to hold document data such as text, report, scanned picture, web page, digitised sound, etc.
      * **[[glossary:shortcut_attribute|Shortcut]]**, used to display data of a related  [[glossary:business_object|business object]].