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Name
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Provide a name for the attribute.
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Description
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This text is visible when you hover the mouse pointer over the attribute title and when users edit the attribute.
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Administrator Notes
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In this field, you can enter tips or information for other administrators. For example, "This attribute must not be editable in any views." The administrator notes are displayed in the attribute setup when you configure access levels in views and when you add global attributes to modules.
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Position Before
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This setting determines where the attribute is placed.
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Placeholder text
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In this field, you can add text that is displayed in the attribute edit field. The text provides additional help when the user enters information into text, integer, float, or date attributes.
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Default Value
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Default value for the attribute. You can click the Reset ID push button to reset the ID of the unique ID attribute.
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Allow Editing
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Select this check box to allow the attribute to be edited.
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Allow Empty Values
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Select this check box to allow empty values. Applicable only for unique ID attributes.
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Apply to Folders
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Select this check box if the attribute is to be treated the same way for all elements in the module (both folders and nodes). If this check box is cleared, the attribute is treated as a normal text attribute for the folders: the attribute values for folders have no restrictions. Applicable for unique ID attribute.
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Prefix
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In this field, you can add the text to be displayed before the attribute value.
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Suffix
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In this field, you can add the text to be displayed after the attribute value.
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Log Changes
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Select this check box to specify if log entries are to be created for each change in the attribute value.
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Property URI
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Provide a unique URI according to the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) standard for the attribute. You can use the URI from the specifications mentioned in  http://open-services.net/specifications/.For example, you can use the ChangeRequest resource, a resource specified by OSLC, to define your attribute URI http://open-services.net/ns/cm#ChangeRequest The URI is taken from OSLC CM specification. By default, Focal Point provides a unique URI to each attribute that is not of OSLC standard. |
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Alias
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You can use an alias when you integrate with other tools through web services 2.0. The default value is a random auto-generated Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), which you can use instead of your Focal Point ID. You can change the alias, but it must be unique.
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Private
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An attribute marked as “Private” in the configuration leaves less footprint in the system when it is edited. When you edit a private attribute, the “Last modified” information of the element to which it belongs does not change.
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Read-only
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Read only attributes in an element cannot be directly edited. They can only be set to the default value or edited by using an expression that is triggered in the background.
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Sensitive Personal Data
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This setting indicates if the attribute holds sensitive personal information or not. Focal Point will prevent the sensitive information from appearing in exports/reports/logs or notification mails.
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