In Settings | Data I created a new custom metadata, being a single-line text. I added one Value in the Settings | Data dialogue.
I set up a column for that single-line text field in my database.
Against a document in that database I selected the Value established in the Data dialogue. It auto-completed when I typed in the first letter.
Against a second document in that database I typed in a second Value.
I returned to Settings | Data and noted that in the Values box only the first Value created using the plus button in that box appears. The second Value created in the column in the database is not there.
In the database, if I type the first characters of the second Value in the relevant column, the Value does not autocomplete.
According to the current DT manual:
“Single-line Text: A dropdown providing a list of terms you defined for the field in the Data preferences. You can also type in a new value.”
I read this to mean that if I “type in a new value” (in the column) it would be added to the list of terms defined for the field. But the Data dialogue (Values box) does not reflect this.
Also in the DT manual:
“Set: Similar to the Single-line text, this shows a dropdown with values pre-defined for the field in the Data preferences. However, new values can’t be entered outside the preferences.”
The behaviour I am experiencing is in line with a Set, however the metadata item I established is definitely a Single-line Text.
Is Single-line Text not working as intended, or am I missing something here?