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Field types in Now Assist in Document Intelligence

The field type specifies the information that is retrieved from a document with Now Assist in Document Intelligence.

The following field types are available to administrators when configuring fields for use cases.

Note: Some field types convert the extracted value into a standard format. For more information, see Data normalization.

Field typeDescription
Boolean \(True/False\)Holds a true/false value. In document Q&A questions, the value is displayed as a yes or no answer. The answer can be followed by an explanation generated by Now Assist, if enabled by the admin. This field type is available for questions defined in the use case setup.
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Boolean question field type.
DateDate, displayed in the date format extracted from the document. This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.
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Date field type.
DecimalA number with up to two decimal places \(for example, 12.5 or 12.55\). This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.
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Decimal field type.
Float \(floating point number\)A number with up to seven decimal places \(for example, 12.0 to 12.0000000\). This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.
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Float field type.
IntegerWhole number \(for example, 12\). This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.
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Integer field type.
ReferenceA reference field stores a reference to a field on another table. For example, the Caller field on the Incident table is a reference to the User \[sys\_user\] table. For more information, see Reference field type. This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.
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Reference field type.
TextText field. This field type is available for fields, tables, and questions defined in the use case setup.
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Text field type.

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