Using the Attributes Tab

Use this procedure to specify attributes for an item type.

  1. Select the Attributes tab.
  2. Select the attributes or attribute groups that you want to add into the item type from the Available attributes or groups list. Click Add > to add them to the Selected attributes and components list.
  3. Specify whether the attribute is Required or Unique and represents the item in client applications if you add a regular attribute. You can also enter the default value for the attribute. If it is an integer type, you can modify the minimum and maximum values.
  4. Specify a Delete rule if you add a reference attribute. You can use a reference attribute to point to specific information contained in another item.
    1. If you specify Cascade, the source component is deleted when the target component is deleted.
    2. If you specify Restrict, you cannot delete the target because it is referenced by the source.
    3. If you specify Set null or No action, when the target is deleted, the source is set to null or no action is taken.

      If you had specified Always create or Prompt to create in the New Version Policy field on the Definition page/window, then only the No action and Restrict delete rules for reference attributes are enabled.

  5. Enable Text searchable field by selecting the Text searchable check box and click the Options button to open the Text Search Options window, when you add regular attributes into the item type.
  6. Click Add/New Child> to add a child component. A child component is an optional second or lower level of an item type. Each child component is directly associated with the level above it. Child components are usually language managed attributes or tables in the Infor Document Management system.
    1. Enter the Child component name. This must be unique throughout the Library Server.
    2. Enter the Display Name, the name to display to end users in client application.
    3. Click Translate to open the Translate Display Name window. All of the available languages defined in the system are listed. In the Translated Name column, type the translated display name for the other languages. Click the OK button to save the information.
    4. Specify the Delete rule. Choose Restrict to indicate the root component cannot be deleted if it contains a child component. Choose Cascade to indicate that when a root component is deleted, the child component is also deleted.
  7. Enter the Minimum cardinality and Maximum cardinality values for each item.