Characteristic Type - Main

To define a characteristic type, open Admin > System > Characteristic Type > Search.

Description of Page

Enter an easily recognizable Characteristic Type and Description for the characteristic type. Owner indicates if this characteristic type is owned by the base package or by your implementation (Customer Modification).

CAUTION:
Important! If you introduce a new characteristic type, carefully consider its naming convention. Refer to System Data Naming Convention for more information.

Use Type of Char Value to classify this characteristic type using one of the following options (refer to There Are Four Types Of Characteristics for more information):

Use the Allow Search by Char Val to indicate if searching for an entity by this characteristic type is Allowed or Not Allowed. Refer to Searching by Characteristic Values for more information.

The Custom switch is only applicable to Predefined value types. It indicates whether or not an implementation is allowed to add values for a characteristic type whose owner is not Customer Modification

Note: Regardless of the value of the Custom switch, an implementation may not update or remove system owned characteristic values.

The Characteristic Value grid defines the valid values for a Predefined value type of characteristic.

The Characteristic Value is the unique identifier of the value.

Description is the text that is visible in the dropdowns and display when viewing this characteristic value.

Owner indicates if this characteristic value is owned by the system or by your implementation (Customer Modification). The system sets the owner to Customer Modification when you add characteristic values to a characteristic type. This information is display-only.

Where Used

Follow this link to open the data dictionary where you can view the tables that reference CI_​​CHAR_​​TYPE in the data dictionary schema viewer.