Attributes 
Attributes
There are two fundamental types of attributes:
Display attributes can be displayed either in a lead column of a report or in a dialog box. To be able to display attributes, you must have specified a single characteristic value for the characteristic.
Navigation attributes can be selected from the field catalog like characteristics, and can be used for navigation in reports. They can also be passed on to the report/report interface as selection criteria.
Display Attributes in the Lead Column
You can display attributes as well as keys and texts of characteristic values in the lead columns of a report list. To display attributes in the lead column, select a characteristic value in the lead column and choose Settings ® Characteristic display ® Lead column. Then you can select one or more attributes to be displayed.
Display Attributes in a Dialog Box
You can display all the attributes that exist for a characteristic value in a dialog box. To do so, position the cursor on the characteristic value and choose the 
symbol. The attributes are displayed in a dialog box.
If you have defined a form that contains different characteristic values with attributes in one element, you can see the attributes of all those characteristic values in a dialog box by positioning the cursor on the desired cell of the detail list.