DisplayType Enum

A Schema.DisplayType enum value is returned by the field describe result’s getType method.

Schema

Type Field Value	What the Field Object Contains
ADDRESS	Address values
ANYTYPE	Any value of the following types: String, Picklist, Boolean, Integer, Double, Percent, ID, Date, DateTime, URL, or Email.
BASE64	Base64-encoded arbitrary binary data (of type base64Binary)
BOOLEAN	Boolean (true or false) values
COMBOBOX	Comboboxes, which provide a set of enumerated values and allow the user to specify a value not in the list
COMPLEXVALUE	Complex Value Type (CVT)
CURRENCY	Currency values
DATACATEGORYGROUPREFERENCE	Reference to a data category group or a category unique name
DATE	Date values
DATETIME	DateTime values
DOUBLE	Double values
EMAIL	Email addresses
ENCRYPTEDSTRING	Encrypted string
FLOATARRAY	Array of float values, reserved for future use.
ID	Primary key field for an object
INTEGER	Integer values
JSON	JSON format
LOCATION	Location values, including latitude and longitude.
LONG	Long values
MULTIPICKLIST	Multi-select picklists, which provide a set of enumerated values from which multiple values can be selected
PERCENT	Percent values
PHONE	Phone numbers. Values can include alphabetic characters. Client applications are responsible for phone number formatting.
PICKLIST	Single-select picklists, which provide a set of enumerated values from which only one value can be selected
REFERENCE	Cross-references to a different object, analogous to a foreign key field
SOBJECT	An sObject variable represents a row of data and can only be declared in Apex using the SOAP API name of the object.
STRING	String values
TEXTAREA	String values that are displayed as multiline text fields
TEXTARRAY	Array of text values, reserved for future use.
TIME	Time values
URL	URL values that are displayed as hyperlinks

For more information, see Field Types in the Object Reference for Salesforce. For more information about the methods shared by all enums, see Enum Methods.