Item data types

every bundle contains several items the type of item may differ {{product name}} describes the different types of items below detailed information on which types of items {{product name}} allows for conversion between one other can be found in the type coercion docid\ ihfbo as3zrc346cwrmmo article text also called string https //en wikipedia org/wiki/string (computer science) , text data contains characters such as letters, numbers, and special characters {{product name}} validates text to make it meets any length requirements number for some numerical items, {{product name}} may validate the input for a specified range (the minimum or maximum allowed value) boolean (yes/no) this type is used for items with only two possible values true or false an example is the watch also subfolders option shown in the dropbox > watch files module date the date is entered in the iso 8601 https //en wikipedia org/wiki/iso 8601 date format, e g 2015 09 18t11 58z the time zone can be adjusted in the profile settings if you fill in a field that requires entering a date, the pop up calendar will be displayed in the module settings the time is not required for some items how {{product name}} displays date values values of date items in bundle inspector are formatted using the locale and web's timezone specified in your profile in the web section of the time zone options tab it is possible to display a date item's value expressed according to iso 8601 by hovering mouse cursor over the item if the iso value does not show up, the item is not a date but probably text time the time is entered in the hours\ minutes\ seconds format, e g 14 03 52 buffer (binary data) file content is usually sent as buffer type (image content, video file and others) in some cases, there is text data included in this type (e g text file) {{product name}} is able to automatically convert text data in binary code to text (and vice versa) for more information on working with files see the working with files docid\ oauioo6oujv0fyglzmrte article collection a collection is an item consisting of several subitems an example of a collection is the sender item in an email message it contains the sender name (text type) and the sender email address (text type) array the array type is used for working with several values of the same type, including collections an example is the email modules return an array of attachments and each attachment contains name, content, size, etc for more information about arrays please see the array functions docid\ k8nymrgqbg3l 8lnpx7wm section validation {{product name}} may perform validation on each type of item if an item does not pass the validation, the processing of the module will terminate because of the dataerror the twitter modules, for example, do not allow a tweet (text type) that exceeds the maximum of 280 characters to be sent if you try to send a tweet with more than 280 characters, your {{scenario singular lowercase}} will encounter this error and end