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Background documentation Attributes  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Attributes are used to create meta-descriptions of physical documents. Attributes can be, for example, format and language.

Attributes can be set either by the SAP application in which the document is being created, or by Knowledge Provider itself. Knowledge Provider provides the following pre-defined attributes:

Attribute Name

Description

Relevant for:

Logical documents

Physical documents

Relation-ships

CREATED_AT

Creation time

x

x

x

CREATED_BY

Creator

x

x

x

LAST_CHANGED_AT

Last changed at [time]

x

x

x

LAST_CHANGED_BY

Last changed by

x

x

x

EXPIRYTIME

Expiry time

x

x

x

ORIGINAL_LANGUAGE

Original language

x

   

CHECKED_OUT

Flag for checked-out documents

 

x

 

CHECKOUT_USER

Name of user who has checked out the document

 

x

 

DOCUMENT_FORMAT

Document format

 

x

 

LANGUAGE

Language

 

x

 

RESERVED

Flag for reserved document

 

x

 

STATE

Status of document

 

x

 

STORAGE_CATEGORY

Storage category ID

 

x

 

DESCRIPTION

Short description

x

x

 

 

Example

The logical document with the ID LD_1 consists of two physical documents with the Ids PD_1 and PD_2. The first document has the following attributes: ID = PD_1, author = Hans Meier, language = German, format = DOC. The second document has these attributes: ID = PD_2, author = John Smith, language = English, format = DOC.

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