What are Standard Properties?

The Coghead program assigns five Standard Properties to every record. These special properties are Record ID, Created By, Creation Date, Modified By, and Modification Date.

• Record ID is a unique ID given to every record in order to identify it.
• Created By lists the name of the account that created the record.
• Creation Date gives the date and time the record was created.
• Modified By lists the name of the last person to edit the record.
• Modification Date lists the date and time that the record had last been modified.

The Modified By and Modification Date properties remain blank if the record has not been edited since it was initially created.

Viewing the Standard Properties from the Collection Page

The Standard Properties of any record can be displayed through the following steps:

1. Select a record that you wish to see the Standard Properties of from the Record List.
2. Click on the Show Properties button located in the lower right corner of the Form area.
   
   
3. The small properties menu should appear across the bottom of the Form area displaying the Standard Properties of the record. If you select a different record, the properties menu will automatically be filled with the Standard Properties of that record. To close these properties click on the Hide Properties button.
   

The Standard Properties popup cannot be displayed when in the List only layout.