Overview
Data types are used by the system to specify the kinds of characters expected, or not expected. For example, the Numeric type is best used for values where only numbers are expected, versus the Generic Text type, which is best used for values containing sentences. Some types expect certain types of formatting or value lengths, such as Date, Currency Amount, or Email Address. There are also data types for non-text fields, such as Signature and Checkbox.
List of data types
To view all data types in the system navigate to Library > Data Types. A starting set of data types is included in each new Hyperscience instance - additional data types enter the system via layout and release importation, or are created using the Create Data Type option in the top right of this screen.
The Data Types screen lists the following information:
Name - this is the display name of the data type. These values are shown in many other parts of the system - Field Dictionary, Layout Editor, Layout Version Viewer, Output Pages, Supervision transcription tasks, and Data Quality reports - descriptive, human-readable names are recommended.
ML Configuration - the specific data type (Numeric, Date, etc) used by Hyperscience’s language models for transcription.
Status - the status indicates whether a given data type is enabled or disabled. Enabled data types are eligible to be selected for field definitions in the Field Dictionary and Layout Editor, while disabled fields are not.
Full list of supported characters
The system supports the following characters in the contexts described below.
Alphanumeric characters
In addition to digits (0-9), spaces, and uppercase (A-Z) and lowercase (a-z) English characters, we support the following:
French characters (É, é, À, à, È, è, Ù, ù, , â, Ê, ê, Î, î, Ô, ô, Û, û, Ç, ç, Ä, ä, Ë, ë, Ï, ï, Ü, ü, Œ, œ) in any field with a data type that supports letters, except UK Post Code.
German characters (Ä, ä, Ö, ö, Ü, ü; ß) are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters.
Italian characters (À, à, È, è, É, é, Ì, ì, Ò, ò, Ó, ó, Ù, ù,) are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters.
Spanish characters (Ñ, ñ, Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, Ü, ü, ¿, ¡) are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters.
Polish characters (Ą, ą, Ć, ć, Ę, ę, Ł, ł, Ń, ń, Ó, ó, Ś, ś, Ź, ź, Ż, ż) are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters. However, these characters are not fully supported in fields with the Alphanumeric data type.
Portuguese characters (Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, À, à, , â, Ê, ê, Ô, ô, Ã, ã, Õ, õ, Ü, ü, Ç, ç) are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters.
The 28 characters of the Arabic alphabet and the following special characters are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters: ٩, ٨, ٧, ٦, ٥, ٤, ٣, ٢, ١, ٠, ؊, ؉, ؈, ؇, ؆, ٭, ٬, ٫, ٪, ،, ؟, ؛, ى, ـ, ة, ء.
Chinese characters are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters.
Japanese characters are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters.
Korean characters are accepted in any field with a data type that supports letters.
Currency characters
We support the following characters:
International currency characters (€, £, ¥, $, ؋, دج, ﷼, .د.ب, ع.د, ينار, ك, د.ت, ج.م, ل.ل, ج.س, ر.ع, ر.ق, ₪, ₹, ₩) in any currency with unit field after using the formatting override (F2).
MICR characters
We support MICR characters in any field with the MICR data type after using the formatting override (F2).
Punctuation and symbols
We support the following characters in fields with data types that support letters:
Character | Unicode |
! | 0x21 |
" | 0x22 |
# | 0x23 |
$ | 0x24 |
% | 0x25 |
& | 0x26 |
' | 0x27 |
( | 0x28 |
) | 0x29 |
* | 0x2a |
+ | 0x2b |
, | 0x2c |
- | 0x2d |
. | 0x2e |
/ | 0x2f |
: | 0x3a |
; | 0x3b |
< | 0x3c |
= | 0x3d |
> | 0x3e |
? | 0x3f |
@ | 0x40 |
[ | 0x5b |
\ | 0x5c |
] | 0x5d |
^ | 0x5e |
_ | 0x5f |
` | 0x60 |
{ | 0x7b |
| | 0x7c |
} | 0x7d |
~ | 0x7e |
⅟ | 0x215f |
́ | 0x301 |
̀ | 0x300 |
̂ | 0x302 |
̈ | 0x308 |
̧ | 0x327 |
̃ | 0x303 |
« | 0xab |
» | 0xbb |
ª | 0xaa |
° | 0xb0 |
Default data types
You can filter the Data Types list by name, ML Configuration, and status. These filters are available above the list.
To view the expanded details of a particular field data type, click on its name in the leftmost column. The details of the data type will be shown along with its unique identifier.
Note that when installing Hyperscience for the first time, all default data types are enabled by default (with the exception of the Medical data type). When an existing installation is updated to a new version, any new default data types will be disabled by default.
To learn more about default data types, see Default Data Types.
Supported barcode types
The barcode data type fully supports CODE128, CODE39, EAN13, EAN8, Interleaved 2 of 5, ISBN-13, Data Matrix barcodes, and QR codes (Version 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 25, 40).
To note, ISBN-10 is supported, but the transcription is the value of the barcode and not the value of the ISBN. Both UPC-A and UPC-E are read as EAN13.