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Working with Characteristics

Characteristics are data elements that enable you to add properties to entities that are created from specifications. A characteristic can be associated to multiple entity specifications. When an entity instance is created from a specification, that instance includes the characteristics defined at the specification level.

When working with characteristics, see the following topics:

• About Control Types

• About Masks

• Creating Characteristics

• Populating Drop-Down Lists

• Adding Existing Characteristics to Specifications

• Overriding Default Values of Characteristics in Entity Specifications

• Data Schema Editor Characteristics Tab

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