Field Configuration

A field is the representation of a property of an entity.

General Field Settings
string Field Type
text Field Type
wysiwyg Field Type
password Field Type
email Field Type
date Field Type
datetime Field Type
number Field Type
float Field Type
boolean Field Type
choice and choices Field Types
json Field Type
file Field Type
reference Field Type
referenced_list Field Type
embedded_list Field Type
reference_many Field Type

General Field Settings

nga.field(name, type) Create a new field of the given type. Default type is 'string', so you can omit it. Bundled types include string, text, wysiwyg, password, email, date, datetime, number, float, boolean, choice, choices, json, file, reference, referenced_list, embedded_list and reference_many.

The name may use the dot notation to map a nested property. For instance, is the REST endpoint for comments answers as follow:
```
  GET /comments/123
  {
      "id": 123,
      "author": "Alice",
      "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
      "post": {
          "title": "Consectetur adipisicing elit",
          "body": "Sed do eiusmod...",
      }
  }
```
Then you can reference the fields nested under the post property by prefixing them with "post.", as follows:
```
  comment.listView().fields([
      nga.field('id'),
      nga.field('author'),
      nga.field('body'),
      nga.field('post.title'), // dot notation
      nga.field('post.body'),  // dot notation
  ])
```
label(string label) Define the label of the field. Defaults to the uppercased field name.
editable(boolean) Define if the field is editable in the edition form. Useful to display a field without allowing edition (e.g for creation date).
sortable(boolean) Define if the field is sortable in the list view (default true). (See "Sort Columns and Sort Order" for a discussion of how to integrate ng-admin sorting with your REST backend.)
order(number|null) Define the position of the field in the view.
isDetailLink(boolean) Tell if the value is a link in the list view. Defaults to true for the identifier and references field, false otherwise. The link points to the edition view, except for read-only entities, where it points to the show view.
detailLinkRoute(string) Define the route for a link in the list view, i.e. isDetailLink of the field is true. The default is edit, hence the link points to the edition view. The other option is show to point to the show view.
map(function) Define a custom function to transform the value received from the API response to the value displayed in the admin. This function receives 2 parameters: the value to transform, and the corresponding entry. Works in list, edit views and references.
```
  nga.field('characters')
      .map(function truncate(value, entry) {
          return value + '(' + entry.values.subValue + ')';
      });
```
Multiple map can be defined for a field:
```
  nga.field('comment')
      .map(stripTags)
      .map(truncate);
```

transform(function) Define a custom function to transform the value displayed in the admin back to the one expected by the API. This function receives 2 parameters: the value to transform, and the corresponding entry. Used in edit view only. Use it in conjunction with map() to ease the conversion between the API response format and the format you want displayed on screen.

  //           API
  //   map()  v  ^  transform()
  //          Entry︎
  //
  // The API provides and expects last names in all caps, e.g. 'DOE'
  // The admin should display them with capitalized last names, e.g 'Doe'
  nga.field('last_name')
      .map(function capitalize(value, entry) {
          return value.substr(0,1).toUpperCase() + value.substr(1).toLowerCase()
      })
      .transform(function allCaps(value, entry) {
          // the API expects upper case last names
          return value.toUpperCase();
      });

attributes(object) A list of attributes to be added to the corresponding field.
```
  nga.field('title').attributes({ placeholder: 'fill me !' })
```
validation(object) Set field validation rules. Based on Angular's form validation features.

required: boolean Required boolean fields will render as checkbox for edition
minlength: number
maxlength: number
pattern: regular expression

validator: function

 nga.field('username')
     .attributes({ placeholder: 'No space allowed, 5 chars min' })
     .validation({ required: true, pattern: '[A-Za-z0-9\.\-_]{5,20}' }),
 nga.field('website')
     .validation({ validator: function(value) {
         if (value.indexOf('http://') !== 0) throw new Error ('Invalid url in website');
     } })

cssClasses(String|Function) A list of CSS classes to be added to the corresponding field. If you provide a function, it will receive the current entry as first argument, to allow dynamic classes according to values. The function will also be called without entry for table headers.
```
  nga.field('title')
      .cssClasses(function(entry) {
          if (entry) {
              return entry.values.needsAttention ? 'bg-warning' : '';
          }

          return 'my-custom-css-class-for-list-header';
      });
```
template(String|Function, templateIncludesLabel=false) All field types support the template() method, which makes it easy to customize the look and feel of a particular field, without sacrificing the native features.

For instance, if you want to customize the appearance of a NumberField according to its value:
```
  listview.fields([
      nga.field('amount', 'number')
          .format('$0,000.00')
          .template('<span ng-class="{ \'red\': value < 0 }"><ma-number-column field="::field" value="::entry.values[field.name()]"></ma-number-column></span>')
  ]);
```
The template scope exposes the following variables:
- value, field, entry, entity, and datastore in listView and showView
- value, field, values, and datastore in filters
- value, field, entry, entity, form, and datastore in editionView and creationView
In showView, editionView, and creationView, the template zone covers only the field itself - not the label. To force the template to replace the entire line (including the label), pass true as second argument to the template() call. This can be very useful to conditionally hide a field according to a property of the entry:
```
  post.editionView()
      .fields([
          nga.field('category', 'choice')
              .choices([
                  { label: 'Tech', value: 'tech' },
                  { label: 'Lifestyle', value: 'lifestyle' }
              ]),
          nga.field('subcategory', 'choice')
              .choices(function(entry) {
                  return subCategories.filter(function (c) {
                      return c.category === entry.values.category;
                  });
              })
              // display subcategory only if there is a category
              .template('<ma-field ng-if="entry.values.category" field="::field" value="entry.values[field.name()]" entry="entry" entity="::entity" form="formController.form" datastore="::formController.dataStore"></ma-field>', true),
      ]);
```
Most of the time, template() is used to customize the existing ng-admin directives (like <ma-number-column> in the previous example), for instance by decorating them. If you want to learn about these native directives, explore the column, field, and fieldView directories in ng-admin source.
defaultValue(*) Define the default value of the field in the creation form.
pinned(boolean) Whether the field should always appear. Used in filters (see listView Settings). Default to false.

`wysiwyg` Field Type

stripTags(boolean) Enable removal of all HTML tags - only the text is kept. Useful for displaying rich text in a table, or before truncation. False by default.
sanitize(boolean) Enable HTML sanitization of WYSIWYG Editor value (removal of script tags, etc). True by default.

`date` Field Type

Only dates represented by a string (e.g "2015-12-08") are handled by the date field type. For an API returning timestamps, add an element interceptor to convert the value to a string.

format(string ['yyyy-MM-dd' by default])

This method uses the Angular date filter. Thus, as explained in the Angular documentation, input date should be in a normalized format:

Date to format either as Date object, milliseconds (string or number) or various ISO 8601 datetime string formats (e.g. yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.sssZ and its shorter versions like yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmZ, yyyy-MM-dd or yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ). If no timezone is specified in the string input, the time is considered to be in the local timezone.

parse(function [remove hours, minutes and timezone by default]) Filter applied to modify date object returned by date picker if needed.

`datetime` Field Type

Only dates represented by a string (e.g "2015-12-08T23:00:00.000Z") are handled by the datetime field type. For an API returning timestamps, add an element interceptor to convert the value to a string.

format(string ['yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss' by default])

This method uses the Angular date filter. Thus, as explained in the Angular documentation, input date should be in a normalized format:

Date to format either as Date object, milliseconds (string or number) or various ISO 8601 datetime string formats (e.g. yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.sssZ and its shorter versions like yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmZ, yyyy-MM-dd or yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ). If no timezone is specified in the string input, the time is considered to be in the local timezone.

parse(function [no change by default]) Filter applied to modify date object returned by date picker if needed.

`number` Field Type

format(string) Format for number to string conversion. Based on Numeral.js, which uses a syntax similar to Excel. You can configure the locale and create named formats by following angular-numeraljs instructions.
```
  nga.field('cost', 'number').format('$0,0.00');
  // now 1234.5 will render as '$1,234.50'
```

`boolean` Field Type

A field of type boolean can have 3 values: true, false, or null. That's why the form widget for such a field is a dropdown and not a checkbox.

choices(array) Array of choices used for the boolean values. By default:

  [
      { value: null, label: 'undefined' },
      { value: true, label: 'true' },
      { value: false, label: 'false' }
  ]

Override it with custom labels to fit your needs:

  nga.field('power_user', 'boolean')
      .choices([
          { value: null, label: 'not yet decided' },
          { value: true, label: 'enabled' },
          { value: false, label: 'disabled' }
      ]);

filterChoices(array) Array of choices used for the boolean proposed values in a filter. By default:
```
  [
      { value: true, label: 'true' },
      { value: false, label: 'false' }
  ]
```
Override it with custom labels to fit your needs:

nga.field('power_user', 'boolean') .filterChoices([ { value: true, label: 'enabled' }, { value: false, label: 'disabled' } ]);

`choice` and `choices` Field Types

choices(array|function) Define array of choices for choice type.

When given an array, each choice must be an object literal with both a value and a label.

  nga.field('currency', 'choice')
      .choices([
        { value: 'USD', label: 'dollar ($)' },
        { value: 'EUR', label: 'euro (€)' },
      ]);

When given a function, the returned choice list must be in the same format (value and label) and can depend on the current entry. This is useful to allow choice fields dependent on each other.

  nga.field('country', 'choice')
      .choices([
        { value: 'FR', label: 'France' },
        { value: 'US', label: 'USA' },
      ]);
  var cities = [
      { country: 'FR', value: 'Paris', label: 'Paris' },
      { country: 'FR', value: 'Nancy', label: 'Nancy' },
      { country: 'US', value: 'NY', label: 'New York' },
      { country: 'US', value: 'SF', label: 'San Francisco' }
  ]
  nga.field('city', 'choice')
      .choices(function(entry) {
          return cities.filter(function (city) {
              return city.country === entry.values.country
          });
      });

Tip: When using a function for choice values, if you meet the "Uncaught Error: [$rootScope:infdig] 10 $digest() iterations reached. Aborting!", that's because the choices() function returns a new array every time. That's a known AngularJS limitation (see the infinite digest loop documentation).

`file` Field Type

uploadInformation Give upload information for file field type

url: url for server side upload
accept: values allowed by the standard HTML file input accept attribute
apifilename: filename assigned by the server and returned by your API.

If the uploaded file is renamed server-side, you can get the new filename from an api return.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{ "picture_name": "post_12_picture1.jpg"}

you can configure file field as :

nga.field('picture', 'file').uploadInformation({ 'url': 'your_url', 'apifilename': 'picture_name' })

Some other properties are allowed, see https://github.com/danialfarid/ng-file-upload#upload-service for the complete list.

`reference` Field Type

The reference type maps a many-to-one relationship where the entity contains a foreign key to another entity. For instance, if the REST API behaves as follows:

GET /comments/123
{
    "id": 123,
    "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
    "post_id": 456 // foreign key to post of id 456
}

GET /posts/456
{
    "id": "456",
    "title": "Consectetur adipisicing elit",
    "body": "Sed do eiusmod..."
}

Then mapping the post_id property of the comment entity to a reference will tell ng-admin to fetch the related post entity, and to display the targetField.

var post = nga.entity('posts');
var comment = nga.entity('comments');
comment.listView().fields([
    nga.field('post_id', 'reference')
        .targetEntity(post) // Select a target Entity
        .targetField(nga.field('title')) // Select the field to be displayed
]);

In a read context (listView and showView), reference fields render the targetField as text. In a write context (creationView and editionView), reference fields render as a dropdown, allowing to select the related entity among a list using the targetField as a representation. In that case, ng-admin fetches the possible values on the related entity, so a reference field makes an additional query in a write context:

GET /comments/123      <= get the main entity
{ "id": 123, "post_id": 456, ... },
GET /posts/456         <= get the referenced entity itself
GET /posts?_perPage=30 <= get the possible values for the referenced entity

The reference type specializes the Field type, so it supports the same label, order, map, list & validation options. Additional options are:

targetEntity(Entity) Define the referenced entity.

targetField(string) Define the target field used to retrieve the label of the referenced element.

  myView.fields([
      nga.field('post_id', 'reference')
          .label('Post content')
          .targetEntity(post)
          .targetField(nga.field('body')) // display the body instead of the title
          .map(truncate) // truncate the long body
  ]);

perPage(integer) Define the maximum number of related entities fetched and displayed in the dropdown of possible values in a write context. Defaults to 30.
sortField(String) Set the field used to sort the list displayed in the dropdown in a write context. Defaults to 'id'.
sortDir(String) Set the direction used to sort the list displayed in the dropdown in a write context. Defaults to 'DESC'.

remoteComplete([true|false], options = {}) In write context, enable autocompletion by fetching remote results as the user types (disabled by default). When enabled, the reference widget fetches the results matching the string typed in the autocomplete input from the REST API. When set to false, all references (in the limit of perPage parameter) are retrieved at view initialization.

  comments.editionView().fields([
      nga.field('id'),
      nga.field('post_id', 'reference')
          .targetEntity(post)
          .targetField(nga.field('title'))
          .remoteComplete(true) // populate choices from the response of GET /posts?title=XXX
  ]);

Available options are:

refreshDelay: minimal delay between two API calls in milliseconds. By default: 500.

searchQuery: a function returning the parameters to add to the query string based on the input string.

  comments.editionView().fields([
      nga.field('id'),
      nga.field('post_id', 'reference')
          .targetEntity(post)
          .targetField(nga.field('title'))
          .remoteComplete(true, {
              refreshDelay: 300,
              // populate choices from the response of GET /posts?q=XXX
              searchQuery: function(search) { return { q: search }; }
          })
          .perPage(10) // limit the number of results to 10
  ]);

singleApiCall(function(entityIds) {} Group queries for the related entities in a listView. If that option isn't defined, adding a reference field in a listView triggers a query to the API for the related entity for each row.

  commentList.fields([
      nga.field('post_id', 'reference')
          .targetEntity(post)
          .targetField(nga.field('title'))
  ]);

  // will trigger the following queries
  GET /comments?_page=1
  [
    { "id": 123, "post_id": 456, ... },
    { "id": 124, "post_id": 457, ... },
    { "id": 125, "post_id": 458, ... },
  ]
  GET /posts/456
  { "id": 456, ... }
  GET /posts/457
  { "id": 457, ... }
  GET /posts/458
  { "id": 458, ... }

On most configurations, multiplying the requests to the REST API like that will slow down the rendering of the list a great deal. To speed things up, you can group the calls to the related entities - provided the REST API supports filters for multiple values ("WHERE ... IN"). To do so, use singleApiCall() to format the request based on an array of ids.

  commentList.fields([
      nga.field('post_id', 'reference')
          .targetEntity(post)
          .targetField(nga.field('title'))
          .singleApiCall(function (postIds) {
              return { 'post_id[]': postIds };
          })
  ]);

  // will trigger the following queries
  GET /comments?_page=1
  [
    { "id": 123, "post_id": 456, ... },
    { "id": 124, "post_id": 457, ... },
    { "id": 125, "post_id": 458, ... },
  ]
  GET /posts?post_id[]=456&post_id[]=457&post_id[]=458
  [
      { "id": 456, ... },
      { "id": 457, ... },
      { "id": 458, ... },
  ]

permanentFilters({ field1: value, field2: value, ...}) Add filters to the referenced results list. This can be very useful to restrict the list of possible values displayed in a dropdown list. As such, it is only used in write context.

  comments.editionView().fields([
      nga.field('id'),
      nga.field('post_id', 'reference')
          .targetEntity(post)
          .targetField(nga.field('title'))
          .permanentFilters({
              published: true // display only the published posts
          });
  ]);

  // will trigger the following queries
  GET /comments/123      <= get the main entity
  { "id": 123, "post_id": 456, ... }
  GET /posts/456         <= get the referenced entity itself
  GET /posts?_filters={"published":true} <= get the possible values for the referenced entity
  [
      { "id": 456, ... },
      { "id": 458, ... },
  ]

`referenced_list` Field Type

The referenced_list type maps a one-to-many relationship where the foreign key is located in another entity. For instance, if the REST API behaves as follows:

GET /posts/456
{
    "id": "456",
    "title": "Consectetur adipisicing elit",
    "body": "Sed do eiusmod..."
}

GET /comments/123
{
    "id": 123,
    "author": "Alice",
    "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
    "post_id": 456 // foreign key to post of id 456
}
GET /comments/124
{
    "id": 124,
    "author": "Bob",
    "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
    "post_id": 456 // foreign key to post of id 456
}

Then mapping a comments property of the post entity to a referenced_list will tell ng-admin to fetch the related comment entities, and to display the result in a datagrid.

var post = nga.entity('posts');
var comment = nga.entity('comments');
post.editionView().fields([
    nga.field('comments', 'referenced_list') // Define a 1-N relationship with the comment entity
        .targetEntity(comment) // Target the comment Entity
        .targetReferenceField('post_id') // Each comment with post_id = post.id (the identifier) will be displayed
        .targetFields([ // which comment fields to display in the datagrid
            nga.field('id').label('ID'),
            nga.field('body').label('Comment')
        ])
]);

As such, a referenced_list field is the opposite of a reference field. referenced_list fields are not editable (because the relationship is the other entity's responsibility), so they render the same in all contexts: as a datagrid. However, they are only useful in showView and editionView (you can't display a datagrid in a datagrid, so this excludes the listView, and you can't fetch related entities to a non-existent entity, so this excludes the creationView). For that field, ng-admin fetches the related entities in a single query with a filter:

GET /posts/456 <= get the main entity
GET /comments?_filters={"post_id":456}&_page=1 <= get the values for the referenced entity

The referenced_list type specializes the Field type, so it supports the same label, order, map, list & validation options. Additional options are:

targetEntity(Entity) Define the referenced entity.
targetReferenceField(string) Define the field name used to link the referenced entity.

targetFields(Array(Field)) Define the list of fields of the target entity to be displayed in the datagrid.

  myEditionView.fields([
      nga.field('comments', 'referenced_list')
          .targetEntity(comment)
          .targetReferenceField('post_id')
          .targetFields([ // choose another set of fields
              nga.field('author'),
              nga.field('body')
          ])
  ]);

perPage(integer) Define the maximum number of related entities fetched and displayed in the datagrid. Defaults to 30.
sortField(String) Set the field used to sort the datagrid. Defaults to 'id'.
sortDir(String) Set the direction used to sort the datagrid. Defaults to 'DESC'.

permanentFilters({ field1: value, field2: value, ...}) Filter the list of referenced entities list. This can be very useful to restrict the list of possible values displayed in the datagrid:

  post.editionView().fields([
      nga.field('comments', 'referenced_list')
          .targetEntity(comment)
          .targetReferenceField('post_id')
          .targetFields([
              nga.field('id').label('ID'),
              nga.field('body').label('Comment')
          ])
          .permanentFilters({
              published: true // display only the published comments
          })
  ]);

  // will trigger the following queries
  GET /post/456      <= get the main entity
  { "id": 456, ... }
  GET /posts?_filters={"post_id":456,"published":true}&_page=1 <= get the possible values for the referenced entity
  [
      { "id": 123, "post_id": 456, ... },
      { "id": 124, "post_id": 456, ... },
  ]

`embedded_list` Field Type

The embedded_list type maps a one-to-many relationship where the related entities are embedded in the main response. For instance, if the REST API behaves as follows:

GET /posts/1
{
    "id": "1",
    "title": "Consectetur adipisicing elit",
    "body": "Sed do eiusmod...",
    "comments": [
        {
            "author": "Alice",
            "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
        },
        {
            "author": "Bob",
            "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
        }
    ]
}

Then mapping a comments property of the post entity to an embedded_list will tell ng-admin to use the embedded comment entities.

post.showView().fields([
    nga.field('comments', 'embedded_list') // Define a 1-N relationship with the (embedded) comment entity
        .targetFields([ // which comment fields to display in the datagrid / form
            nga.field('body')
        ])
]);

Ng-admin rendersembedded_list fields as a datagrid in read context (showView), and as a list of embedded forms in write context (creationView and editionView). This won't issue any additional query to the REST API, since the related entities are already embedded.

The embedded_list type specializes the Field type, so it supports the same label, order, map, list & validation options. Additional options are:

targetFields(Array(Field)) Define the list of fields of the target entity to be displayed in the datagrid.

  myEditionView.fields([
      nga.field('comments', 'embedded_list')
          .targetFields([ // choose another set of fields
              nga.field('author'),
              nga.field('body')
          ])
  ]);

sortField(String) Set the field used to sort the datagrid. Defaults to 'id'.
sortDir(String) Set the direction used to sort the datagrid. Defaults to 'DESC'.

targetEntity(Entity) Define the referenced entity (optional). When set, if the embedded entities have an identifier field, the embedded_list datagrid will be able to display links to the detail view of the entity. It is not used in write context.

  var post = nga.entity('posts');
  var comment = nga.entity('comments');
  post.showView().fields([
      nga.field('comments', 'embedded_list') // Define a 1-N relationship with the (embedded) comment entity
          .targetEntity(comment)
          .targetFields([ // which comment fields to display in the datagrid / form
              nga.field('id') // will have a link to comment edition view
              nga.field('body')
          ])
  ]);

permanentFilters({ field1: value, field2: value, ...}) Filter the list of referenced entities list. This can be very useful to restrict the list of possible values displayed in the datagrid:

  post.editionView().fields([
      nga.field('comments', 'embedded_list')
          .targetFields([
              nga.field('body')
          ])
          .permanentFilters({
              published: true // display only the published comments
          })
  ]);

`reference_many` Field Type

The reference_many type maps a one-to-many relationship where the identifiers of the related entities are embedded in the main response. For instance, if the REST API behaves as follows:

GET /posts/456
{
    "id": "456",
    "title": "Consectetur adipisicing elit",
    "body": "Sed do eiusmod...",
    "comments": [123, 124]
}

GET /comments/123
{
    "id": 123,
    "author": "Alice",
    "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
}
GET /comments/124
{
    "id": 124,
    "author": "Bob",
    "body": "Lorem ipsum sic dolor amet...",
}

Then mapping a comments property of the post entity to a reference_many will tell ng-admin to fetch the related comment entities.

var post = nga.entity('posts');
var comment = nga.entity('comments');
post.editionView().fields([
    nga.field('comments', 'reference_many') // Define a 1-N relationship with the comment entity
        .targetEntity(comment) // Target the comment Entity
        .targetField(nga.field('body')) // the field of the comment entity to use as representation
]);

reference_many fields render as a list of labels in read context (listView and showView), and as a select multiple in write context (creationView and editionView). For that field, ng-admin fetches the related entities one by one:

GET /posts/456 <= get the main entity
{ "id": "456", "comments": [123, 124], ... }
GET /comments/123
GET /comments/124

The reference_many field type also defines label, order, map & validation options like the Field type.

targetEntity(Entity) Define the referenced entity.

targetField(Field) Define the field name used to link the referenced entity.

  myView.fields([
      nga.field('tags', 'reference_many')
         .label('Tags')
         .isDetailLink(false)
         .targetEntity(tag) // Targeted entity
         .targetField(nga.field('name')) // Label Field to display in the list
  ])

singleApiCall(function(entityIds) {} Define a function that returns parameters for filtering API calls. You can use it if you API supports filter for multiple values.

  // Will call /tags?tag_id[]=1&tag_id[]=2&tag_id%[]=5...
  postList.fields([
      nga.field('tags', 'reference_many')
          .singleApiCall(function (tagIds) {
              return { 'tag_id[]': tagIds };
          })
  ]);

Tip: It also works for creationView and editionView

permanentFilters({ field1: value, field2: value, ...}) Add filters to the referenced results list.

remoteComplete([true|false], options = {}) Enable autocompletion by fetching remote results (disabled by default). When enabled, the reference widget fetches the results matching the string typed in the autocomplete input from the REST API. If set to false, all references (in the limit of perPage parameter) would be retrieved at view initialization.

  post.editionView().fields([
      nga.field('id'),
      nga.field('tags', 'reference_many')
          .targetEntity(tag)
          .targetField(nga.field('name'))
          .remoteComplete(true) // populate choices from the response of GET /tags?name=XXX
  ]);

Available options are:

refreshDelay: minimal delay between two API calls in milliseconds. By default: 500.

searchQuery: a function returning the parameters to add to the query string basd on the input string.

  post.editionView().fields([
      nga.field('id'),
      nga.field('tags', 'reference_many')
          .targetEntity(tag)
          .targetField(nga.field('name'))
          .remoteComplete(true, {
              refreshDelay: 300,
              // populate choices from the response of GET /tags?q=XXX
              searchQuery: function(search) { return { q: search }; }
          })
          .perPage(10) // limit the number of results to 10
  ]);

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`wysiwyg` Field Type

`date` Field Type

`datetime` Field Type

`number` Field Type

`boolean` Field Type

`choice` and `choices` Field Types

`file` Field Type

`reference` Field Type

`referenced_list` Field Type

`embedded_list` Field Type

`reference_many` Field Type