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Content property data types

Each content property has a data type that determines how the property values are treated by the metadata query engine. The possible data types are:

String — The metadata query engine indexes the value as a text string. The value is handled as a single unit, even if it contains white space. Users cannot base queries on individual terms within a string value.

Tokenized — The metadata query engine indexes the value as a text string after breaking it into tokens. A token is a string of either alphabetic or numeric characters. For example, the value SSN12345789 becomes this string of two tokens: ssn 123456789. Tokens are not case sensitive.

The metadata query engine treats white space and special characters as token separators. For example, the value 12A Elm Street, apt. 2D becomes this string of seven tokens: 12 a elm street apt 2 d.

Users can base queries on any individual token or sequence of tokens within a tokenized string.

Boolean — The metadata query engine indexes the value as true or false. Values that start with 1, t, or T are treated as true. Any other values are treated as false.

Integer — The metadata query engine indexes the value as an integer. Users can base queries on comparative numeric values.

The metadata query engine indexes values for a content property with a data type of integer only if the values conform to the format for the property. For more information, see Format for the integer and float data types.

Float — The metadata query engine indexes the value as a decimal number with or without an exponent, depending on the value. Users can base queries on comparative numeric values.

The metadata query engine indexes values for a content property with a data type of float only if the values conform to the format for the property. For more information, see Datetime data type formats.

Datetime — The metadata query engine indexes the value as a date and time. Users can base queries on comparative datetime values.

The metadata query engine indexes values for a content property with a data type of date only if the values conform to the format for the property. For more information, see Datetime data type formats.

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