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Selecting an attribute in the Attributes pane displays the attribute’s definition in the Attribute Detail tab, so that you can edit its properties. Similarly, selecting a category in the taxonomy tree displays the corresponding linked attributes in the Attributes pane so that you can link and unlink attributes.

Operation

Description

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Add Attribute

Adds an attribute to the pool of attributes.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Delete Attribute

Removes an attribute from the pool of attributes.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Link Attribute

Adds an attribute link to an existing category.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Unlink Attribute

Removes an attribute link from an existing category.

Promote Attribute

Relinks an attribute to the parent category for inheritance by the children.

Demote Attribute

Relinks an attribute from the parent category to each of the children.

Merge Attributes

Combines two attributes into one, including all references.

Split Attribute

Splits a single attribute into many, including all references,

Reassign Ratings

Reassigns the underlying numeric data values to different ratings (Nominal, Minimum, Maximum, Average, Typical).

Convert Attribute

Changes an attribute between types, automatically converting all of the underlying text or numeric data values.

 

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