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field_type
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.. py:attribute:: field_type

**domain**: server

**language**: python

:doc:`Field class </refs/server/field_api>`

Description
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Identifies the data type of the field object.

Use the ``field_type`` attribute to learn the type of the data the field contains. 
It is one of the following values: 

* "text", 
* "integer", 
* "float",
* "currency", 
* "date", 
* "datetime", 
* "boolean", 
* "blob"

See also
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:doc:`Dataset </programming/data/dataset>`

:doc:`Fields </programming/data/fields>`

