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 Attributes

There are two fundamental types of attributes:

  • Display 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 (such as those used in EC-EIS)

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 Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Characteristic display Next navigation step Lead column End of the navigation path . 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 .