The Studio typelist editor interface

The Description field

PolicyCenter transfers the value that you enter in the New > Typelist dialog for the type list name to the Description field in the typelist editor. It is possible to edit this field.

Guidewire recommends that you add an _Ext suffix to the value that you enter for the type list name. This ensures that the name of any typelist that you create does not conflict with a Guidewire typelist implemented in a future database upgrade.

The Table Name field

By default, Guidewire uses pctl_typelist-name as the name of the typelist table. However, if you want a different table name, you can override the default value by specifying a value in the Table name field for that typelist in Studio. If you override the default value, the table name becomes pctl_table-name.

Guidewire restricts the typelist table name to ASCII letters, digits, and underscore. Guidewire also places limits on the length of the name. However, if you choose, you can override the name of the typelist, which, in turn, overrides the table name stored in the database.

Therefore:

• If you do not provide a value for the Table name field, then PolicyCenter uses the Name value and limits the table name to a maximum of 25 characters.
• If you do provide a value for the Table name field, then this overrides the value that you set in the Name field. However, the maximum table name length is still 25 characters.

The Final field

A final typelist is a typelist to which you cannot add additional typecodes. However, you can override the name, description, priority, and retired attributes. All custom typelists that you create are non-final.