Condition Properties dialog

Use this dialog to look at or change the properties of a condition.

For more information, see:

"What are conditions?"

Name

Use this field to enter a descriptive condition name. This name appears in condition lists, and on Discoverer worksheets.

Description

Use this field to enter a brief description for the condition. This description is displayed in condition lists to help Discoverer users choose which condition they want to use.

Type

Use this drop down list to specify the condition as Mandatory and Optional.

• Mandatory conditions always applies to a folder. The Discoverer end user does not see the condition in Discoverer Plus and cannot turn it off.

• Optional conditions can be applied or not applied. This offers Discoverer end users the choice to turn the condition on or off in Discoverer Plus.

Sequence

Order in which this item appears in Discoverer Plus's Object Selection wizard. For example, you may want to display all conditions before items.

Formula

The formula that defines the condition. This displays the "Edit Condition dialog". See the Oracle Server SQL Language Reference Manual for valid server syntax.

Identifier

A unique name that Discoverer uses to identify EUL and workbook objects. When matching objects common to different EULs, Discoverer uses Identifiers to locate objects in different EULs that refer to the same business objects (also known as Conceptually Identical Objects). For more information, see Chapter 3, "What are identifiers?".

The Dependents tab displays two columns (Type and Name) that clarify the extent to which other objects (e.g. folders, joins, items, item classes, summary folders, conditions, calculations) are dependent on the selected condition.

Type

Displays one or more object types (e.g. folders, items) that have a dependency on the selected condition.

Name

Displays the name of each object listed in the Type column

Notes

Where more than one condition is selected, if you choose the Properties option then any changes made to a property will affect all the selected conditions.