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Creating Characteristics from the Specification Editor

You can create new data elements that are automatically tagged as characteristics when working in any Specification editor.

To create a characteristic from a Specification editor:

1. Create a new specification or open an existing specification in the Specification editor.

   See "Creating New Specifications" for more information.

2. Click the Characteristics tab.

3. In the data tree area, right-click and select Add Characteristic.

   The Create and Add Characteristic dialog box appears.

4. Define the information about the new characteristic.

   See "Create and Add Characteristic Data Element Dialog Box" for information the fields in this dialog box.

5. Click Finish.

   The new characteristic appears in the Characteristics tab data tree.

6. From the File menu, select Save.

Related Topics

Creating Characteristics

Specification Editor Characteristics Tab

Modeling Data