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A derived skill inherits all of the fields, rules, and recognition settings from its base skill, which you can customize.

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Configuring Fields

A derived skill inherits all the fields from its base skill. You can disable or delete inherited fields that you do not need or add new fields to extract additional data.

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Add a Field

In a derived skill, you can add a new field in the same way as in a custom skill. For information about how to add a field, see Adding Fields. Any fields you create in a derived skill will not be included in its base skill.

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Disable a Field

To disable an inherited field, follow these steps:
  1. In the Skill Designer, click the skill settings icon to the right of the skill name.
  2. In the dialog box that opens, click the Fields tab and turn off the corresponding toggle in the row with the field properties. If necessary, you can re-enable a previously disabled field at any time.
Note: When you disable a field, all its associated rules are also disabled. If you re-enable a field and want to continue using its associated rules, you must manually enable them. For information on how to manage rules, see Configuring validation rules.

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Remove a Field

To remove a field you created, follow these steps:
  1. In the data form, click the delete icon to the right of the field name.
  2. Click Remove.
Until you save the settings, you can restore the field by clicking Restore Settings From Base Skill in the bottom left corner of the Field Settings dialog box. If you have already saved changes and published the skill, you can revert to the previous version of the skill by opening it for editing and publishing it again.

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Set up Field Properties

In the Field Settings dialog box, you can adjust the settings of fields inherited from the base skill. To open the Field Settings dialog box, in the Skill Designer, click the field settings icon to the right of a field. The following settings always match the settings of the base skill and cannot be changed:
  • In the General group, the Allow Multiple Items property
  • In the Text Appearance group: All properties
  • In the Value group, for a field with the Text data type, the Regular expression property
  • The Barcode type property of a barcode field
You can reset the new settings to the settings for the base skill at any time by clicking Restore Settings From Base Skill in the bottom left corner of the Field Settings dialog box.

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Edit Layout

You can edit the appearance of the data form:
  • Change the layout of the data form. For more information, see Editing data form layout.
  • Restore the layout. To do this, click Restore Layout from Base Skill in the Actions pane. The layout will be restored, and any custom fields you added to the derived skill will be listed at the bottom of the data form. If custom fields were added to a group, these will be listed at the bottom of the group.