Article content type columns

In this section we will describe the different fields included within the content type news article in order to provide extra information while being created.

In order to check content type fields for article addon, navigate to Syntphony seetings > This tenant > Addons. Select the articles addon and click on Content Type to see all the configuration related to its content type and custom columns.

Article content type

Fields

Let’s walk through the different columns included in articles addon. The following information will be displayed about the fields

Field name	Field description
uniqueId	Column’s Unique identifier in SharePoint
title	Column’s Title or display name in SharePoint
description	Column’s description
type	Column’s type
defaultValue	Default value
isBase	Check whether column in core or extended
searchproperty	Linked SharePoint search property

Additionally, according to the type of the column there can be special configurations that will be also shown in each case.

Image Url

It is used to store the banner image url though the article form.

 {
    "numberOfLines": 10,
    "unlimitedLengthInDocumentLibrary": true,
    "uniqueId": "9952e56b-1b1a-4d9d-84a5-8ae8731a833a",
    "title": "Image URL",
    "name": "TogoImageUrl",
    "description": "Image URL",
    "type": "Note",
    "defaultValue": "",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": "TogoImageUrlOWSTEXT"
}

Highlight

It is used to highlight the specific content in a dashboard webpart

{
    "uniqueId": "5032aed8-eb8f-4fa9-8b74-289664dfde54",
    "title": "Highlight",
    "name": "TogoHighlight",
    "description": "Highlight",
    "type": "Checkbox",
    "defaultValue": "False",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": "TogoHighlightOWSBOOL"
}

Author

It includes the content’s author

{
      "multiple": false,
      "list": "UserInfo",
      "showField": "ImnName",
      "userSelectionMode": "PeopleOnly",
      "uniqueId": "b36af092-488b-473f-a3ba-410a1c94326a",
      "title": "Author",
      "name": "TogoAuthor",
      "description": "Author",
      "type": "Person",
      "defaultValue": "",
      "isBase": true,
      "searchProperty": "TogoAuthor"
}

Location

For audience targetting purposes, the location for which the content is targetted to

{
    "termSet": "b49f64b3-4722-4336-9a5c-56c326b344d4",
    "multiple": true,
    "uniqueId": "0d3a7737-cb00-47dc-8ce4-4bed1647af23",
    "title": "Locations",
    "name": "TogoLocations",
    "description": "Locations",
    "type": "ManagedMetadata",
    "defaultValue": "",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": "owstaxIdTogoLocations"
}

Department

For audience targetting purposes, the department for which the content is targetted to

{
    "termSet": "8ed8c9ea-7052-4c1d-a4d7-b9c10bffea6f",
    "multiple": true,
    "uniqueId": "763ae940-2be2-40f1-a493-7184116f6bcc",
    "title": "Departments",
    "name": "TogoDepartments",
    "description": "Departments",
    "type": "ManagedMetadata",
    "defaultValue": "",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": "owstaxIdTogoDepartments"
}

Publishing Date

It is used to set the date when the content will be published. It can be also a future date, and will be publisehd automatically.

{
    "uniqueId": "39e1fb59-0488-4a7a-8d77-7cd960fb9d71",
    "title": "Publishing Date",
    "name": "TogoPublishingDate",
    "description": "Publishing Date",
    "type": "DateTime",
    "defaultValue": "",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": ""
}

Due Date

It is used to set the date when the content will be expired.

{
    "uniqueId": "7ba02286-2c39-4680-80d8-929e3b3b71e0",
    "title": "Due Date",
    "name": "TogoDueDate",
    "description": "Due Date",
    "type": "DateTime",
    "defaultValue": "2099-12-31T00:00:00Z",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": ""
}

Audience

It is used to store audience identifiers to which the article is intended to.

{
    "numberOfLines": 10,
    "unlimitedLengthInDocumentLibrary": true,
    "uniqueId": "79e51135-d90e-41a9-8113-de54d45c4492",
    "title": "Audience",
    "name": "TogoAudience",
    "description": "Audience",
    "type": "Note",
    "defaultValue": "",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": "TogoAudienceOWSMTXT"
}

Apply audience

Boolean field to store if audience targetting should apply to the content.

{
    "uniqueId": "cea45918-e8c9-48db-b377-e8cacc584b7c",
    "title": "Apply Audience",
    "name": "TogoApplyAudience",
    "description": "Apply Audience",
    "type": "Checkbox",
    "defaultValue": "False",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": "TogoApplyAudienceOWSBOOL"
}

Audience type

It is used to store the type of the audience. It will be stored automatically. Posible values are: general, custom. General is applied for tenant audiences meanwhile custom will be applied for old audience system targetted by department and location.

{
    "uniqueId": "67d8a3b7-51b0-4097-bda6-230ea8eaee1e",
    "title": "Audience type",
    "name": "TogoAudienceType",
    "description": "Audience type",
    "type": "Text",
    "defaultValue": "",
    "isBase": true,
    "searchProperty": "TogoAudienceTypeOWSTEXT"
}

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