Property template properties (More tab - String)

The More tab on the properties page for property templates defined as data type string is described below.

Name Property
This attribute identifies the property that is the most important one in the class. Only one property in a class can be the name property. The name property is meant to be used by the application program as a title. For example, to list the results of a query, the application could create a title comprised of the name of the class and the name property. If the example class was called Loans, the name property could be the Loan Number. You can set this only if the property is a single value. This property can be up to 255 characters.
Value Required
Assign this attribute to properties which must have a value. The user cannot leave a property with this attribute blank or an error results when the property is saved.
Persistence
Set the persistence for a single-valued property by selecting one of two choices:

Set the persistence for a multi-value property by selecting one of three choices:

Once you set the persistence, you cannot change it.

Hidden
Assign this attribute to property templates that are used by the system, but not by the end user. This attribute provides a hint to the application not to display the property. If the application does provide the user with access to a property defined as hidden, the user can do anything with the property that they could do with an unhidden property.
Settability
Category
Use this optional string property to group related properties together for sorting purposes. For example, you could enter the name of the AddOn XML file that was used to import the property into the object store. When displaying property templates in Enterprise Manager's Property Templates node or when displaying the results of an Enterprise Manager search for property templates, you can sort properties based on the value of this property.
Choice List
The name of the choice list assigned to this property template. Choose one from the list.
Default Value
Use this attribute if you want to provide the user with a default value for the property. You cannot set this value if the property is a multi-value.
Maximum Length
Use this attribute to limit the maximum value. The maximum number of characters allowed for persistent properties is determined by the database engine: SQL and DB2 allow 4000 and Oracle allows 1333. Non-persistent characters can have up to 2,147,483,647. If you change this value, the change will propagate to subclasses with a higher maximum value or where the value was not set.