Attribute Properties 

Every attribute has a fixed set of properties that define it. These properties include:

·        Common. Common properties apply to all attribute types, and include Name, Alias, Definition, Attribute Image, and the setting of the Multi-Valued option.

·        Type-specific. Type-specific properties apply only to particular attribute types. For text attributes, they include the text values, text value images, and text value texts. For numeric attributes, they include the ratings, the Dimension and Default Unit, and the settings for the number of Decimal Places and Show Fractions option. And for coupled attributes, they include the Dimension and Default Unit and the settings for the number of Decimal Places and Show Fractions option for both the primary dimension and the coupled dimension.

·        Link-specific. Link-specific properties are defined for each particular category/attribute link rather than for the attribute across all links, and currently include the setting of the Attribute Priority. Some of them are only defined for the link, and some of them actually override the same property that was defined for the attribute itself.

 

Each of the attribute properties is described in the following sections.