General attribute metadata

General attribute metadata includes he text description of the attribute and an indication of whether the attribute can be used as a dimension to aggregate metric values.

The description can be localized. For details, see Localizing display names and descriptions.

Table 1. General attribute metadata physically stored in the data domain
Property Description Type of value
system-eid_description Text description of the attribute Text string
system-eid_isDimension Whether the attribute can be used as a dimension for aggregation Boolean (true or false)

Use the Configuration Web Service to populate these metadata properties.

Table 2. General attribute metadata specified in logical views
Property Description Type of value
description Text description of the attribute Text string
isDimension Whether the attribute can be used as a dimension for aggregation Boolean (true or false)

Use the Entity Configuration Web Service to populate these metadata properties.