Determines how the Predetermined values are parsed. Most of the value types are simply passed on to the search definition during saving of the search, but some value types results in some transformation of the Predetermined values.

See Comparison Type - input Type and Comparison Type - Value Type combinations for the relationship between Comparison Types and Value Types.

There are 8 different value types.

ItemIdFromItemGuid

Each value MUST be a GUID. The GUID is converted into an item ID.

Allows a single predetermined value.

BaseIdFromItemGuid

Each value MUST be a GUID. The GUID is converted into a base ID. A base ID maps directly to a primary key in a table.

Allows a single predetermined value.

MultiItemIdFromItemGuid

Does the same as ItemIdFromItemGuid, except that it can handle 1-many Predetermined values.

MultiBaseIdFromItemGuid

Does the same as BaseIdFromItemGuid, except that it can handle 1-many Predetermined values.

Multi, MultiId, MultiString, String

The Predetermined values associated with these value types are simply passed on to the search definition.

Multi, MultiId, and MultiString allows the user to define multiple predetermined values.

String only allows for a single predetermined value.