Text

Definition of Text, a data type, with examples and typical usage in sorts and filters.

In object-oriented programming, structured databases, and CRMs, fields/attributes/columns will often have defined Attribute Data Types.

Definition(s)

• Text (also commonly known as 'String') is a data type found in our Objects, Lists, List Columns, and Outbounding Metrics

• Textis by far the most common data type and the most 'forgiving' in terms of acceptable values.

• Text can accept characters, numbers, spaces, symbols, and punctuation marks.

• If a Text datatype only contains numbers, it will still be treated as a Text datatype (impacting sorts and filters, for example)

Examples

• A field called "Prospect Name" in a table.

Typical Usage in Sorts & Filters

• Sorting Text will typically involve sorting alphabetically, or reverse-alphabetically.

• Filtering Text typically provides the following options:

  • 'is exactly' aka 'exactly matches' aka 'is'

  • 'contains' aka 'any part of the text contains what im about to type'

  • 'not contains' aka 'any part of the text does not contain what im about to type' aka 'does not contain'

  • 'starts with' aka 'the beginning part of the Text field starts with what im about to type'

  • 'ends with' aka 'the ending part of the Text field ends with what im about to type'