Configuration

Options

Overview

Newton offers extensive customization options, allowing you to modify and add variables to every aspect of the tool.

This versatility becomes particularly useful in practical scenarios, such as when you need to create document types to enhance metadata and improve workflows for your colleagues. By creating, for example, different types of documents within Newton, tailored to specific needs, you can directly provide your colleagues with a more beneficial workflow that caters to their requirements.

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Basics

Each option group can be modified by creating a new option within it, for example, by adding a daily option within the date period. Or adapting an existing one, for example, adding mandatory information within a contact group by switching an attribute on or off.

To adapt existing ones, attributes — pieces of information that can somewhat influence Newton’s behavior in certain places — can be switched on or off to fine-tune that behavior.

Looking closer at the Options section table, you can see the Attributes column. If it contains a "yes", it means that attributes were defined with values for that particular option. Clicking “yes” then displays which attributes are enabled for this option.

Step by step

If you follow Configuration > Option in the left side menu, you get to the Options list, where the options are grouped. When you open an option for editing, all available attributes will be offered on the right side, with check boxes to determine whether to apply an attribute. Next to the check box is a form field for the attribute’s value, for example, a “1” if the attribute should be switched on.

Side note: Currently, all attributes offer the same form field, a simple text input field that must be filled with an appropriate value. In the next release of Newton, the form fields will match the type of the attribute. For example, if the attribute is simply for switching something on or off, the form field will be a switch.

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For domestic compliance types, show_due_date is the only attribute.

You might find other attributes for options of other types, sometimes more than one, which you can use to configure different aspects.

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