Group Properties

When a group is selected in the Schema Layout tab, the Basic Properties of a group are displayed. When a group type is selected in the Type Library tab, the Basic Properties of the group type are displayed. The Basic Properties of a group or group type are listed in the following table:

Field Description
Name Specifies the name of this field.
Attention: The field name must be a valid node name.
Type Optional: Specifies the group type used as a basis for the group. The Type list is only active if the selected group node does not contain any children and a group type has been created. A group cannot inherit groups or records from a group type if the group contains children.
Attention: Selecting a new type may reset some of the existing properties of the field with the new settings.
Reset Resets properties that were set locally for this group to the values for the selected type. Reset is only active if a group type has been selected from the Type list.
Minimum Occurrences Specifies the minimum occurrences for the group. Defaults to 1, making the group required.  Select 0 if this group is optional.
Maximum Occurrences Specifies the maximum occurrences for the group:
  • Unbounded - Specifies this group can repeat any number of times. Unbounded, optional groups must contain at least one required record.
  • Range - Specifies the maximum number of repetitions for this group. The actual occurrences of the group can be less than or equal to this number.



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