Attributes

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:
Attribute Name	Description	Logical documents	Physical documents	Relationships
CREATED_AT	Creation time	x	x	x
CREATED_BY	Created by	x	x	x
LAST_CHANGED_AT	Time of last change	x	x	x
LAST_CHANGED_BY	Name of person who made last change	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 the user who checked out the document		x
DOCUMENT_FORMAT	Document format		x
LANGUAGE	Language		x
RESERVED	Flag for reserved document		x
STATE	Status		x
STORAGE_CATEGORY	Storage category ID		x
DESCRIPTION	Description	x	x

Example 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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End of the example.