How do I add drop-down list controls to the Admin UI in IDM (All versions)?
The purpose of this article is to provide information on adding drop-down list controls to the Admin UI in IDM. This information does not apply to the End User UI or the Self-Service UI. This allows you to customize the default forms for managed objects.
The default forms for managed objects are driven by schema. You can add drop-down list controls to the managed objects schema by adding an enumerated type configuration to the managed.json file (located in the /path/to/idm/conf directory).
You should add the following properties to the field that requires a drop-down list:
- enum - this should be the option codes (no spaces).
- options: enum_titles - this should be the option names as you want them displayed in the drop-down list.
Example
This example snippet from the managed.json file shows an updated Country field, which has four selectable options:
"country" : { "description" : "", "title" : "Country", "viewable" : true, "userEditable" : true, "policies" : [ { "policyId" : "minimum-length", "params" : { "minLength" : 1 } } ], "returnByDefault" : false, "pattern" : "", "type" : "string", "enum" : [ "uk", "germany", "us", "chile" ], "options" : { "enum_titles" : [ "United Kingdom", "Germany", "US", "Chile" ] } }Note
Drop-down list controls work in the Admin UI but not the End User UI or the Self-Service UI. This is a known issue: OPENIDM-11996 (UI Self-service pages don't render enumerated fields).
See Also
Related Training
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Related Issue Tracker IDs
OPENIDM-11996 (UI Self-service pages don't render enumerated fields)
OPENIDM-8549 (Expand usability of Admin UI to manage reference data)