Dictionary overrides

Dictionary overrides provide the ability to define a field on an extended table differently from the field on the parent table.

For example, for a field on the Task [task] table, a dictionary override can change the default value on the Incident [incident] table without affecting the default value on Task [task] or on Change [change].

Administrators can override these aspects of a field:

• Reference qualifiers
• Dictionary attributes
• Default values
• Calculations
• Field dependencies
• Default column display values

• Mandatory and read-only status

• Define a dictionary override
  Use a dictionary override to allow a field in a child table to have a different value or behavior than the same field in a parent table. For example, a dictionary override changes the default value of the priority field from 4 in the parent table to 5 in the Incident table.

Parent Topic:Managing tables and indexes