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+{{tag>Index Glossary Business_Object Attribute Type}}
+===== Attribute type =====
+An attribute type determines the nature of the information held by the [[ref:glossary:attribute|attribute]]. An attribute type can be either a **basic type** or a **[[ref:glossary:reference_attribute|reference type]]**. There are following basic types:
+      * **Plain Text**, used for non-formatted textual information such as a person's name or address.
+      * **Number**, used for monetary, countable or other numerical data.
+      * **Yes/No**, used for information that can be described by one of two possible values, such as yes/no, on/off, etc.
+      * **Date**, used to hold dates.
+      * **Timestamp**, used to hold a moment in time including the date and the time parts.
+      * **Duration**, used to hold a time interval.
+      * **Picture**, used specifically for images intended to be displayed on the object form.
+      * **Document**, used to hold document data such as text, report, scanned picture, web page, digitised sound, etc.
+      * **[[ref:glossary:shortcut_attribute|Shortcut]]**, used to display data of a related  [[ref:glossary:business_object|business object]].