Property description (General tab)
The property description shows a static snapshot
of the object's metadata. The name of the property and its class appears
at the top of the tab.
- Symbolic Name
- A form of the property name used in code and in queries. This name will
not change across locales.
- Descriptive Text
- A general description of the property.
- Settability
- A property can have one settability value. In addition, minimum values and maximum length constraints can be set. See the property pages of individual properties.
- Read Only - the properties values cannot be changed by a user.
- Settable Only On Create - the property values can be set only when the object is created.
- Settable Only Before Checkin - the property values cannot be set after a document is checked in.
- Read/Write - the property values have no settability restriction
- Cardinality
- Whether the property is defined as single value or multi-value.
- Data Type
- The assigned data type of the property. If the data type is object-valued,
the name of the required class is shown.
- Required Class
- This displays only if the property data type is defined as object-valued.
Click the Class Description button to load
the Metadata Explorer for that class.
The class description specifies the type of object that can be referenced
by the object-valued property.
- Has Persistence
- Whether the property value is saved in the database.
- Value Required
- If selected, the end user must provide a value for this property. The end
user cannot leave blank a property having this attribute or an error results
when the class is saved. When you set a value for this property, already-existing
instances remain the same and are not affected.
- Read Only
- Whether the property value is read-only.
- Hidden
- Provides a hint to the application about whether the property should be displayed to the typical user.
- System Generated
- If set, the property value is system-generated. If not set, the property
value must be provided by the application or user.
- System Owned
- Whether the property value is system owned.
- Selectable
- Whether the property can be used in the SELECT clause in a query.
- Searchable
- Whether the property can be used in the WHERE clause in a query.
- Orderable
- Whether the property can be used in the ORDER BY clause in a query.
- Has Choice List
- Whether the property has a choice list associated with it.