1. Product Administration Guide
  2. Modifying the Display Name of Items

Modifying the Display Name of Items

This topic explains how to modify the display name of an item, such as an attribute, relationship, linked item, or resource. A common reason for doing this is that you want the item name that the customer sees to be different than the name you have in the product table for a specific version of the customizable product.

For example, a computer component is called 256 MB disk drive in the product table. However, in an upcoming offering, you want to call this item the Standard 256 MB Disk. Rather than change the item name in the product table, you can change it using the Properties view. This change is specific to the customizable product and is stored with it when you release the product. You can use the Properties view to change item names with each release of a customizable product, without having to change the item name in the product table.

To change the display name of an item, you insert a variable in the UI control Web template that governs display of the item. This variable tells the Web Engine to get the item name from a defined UI property.

To change the display name of a relationship item in the form, perform the following tasks:

  1. Creating a New UI Control Template. You do this by saving a copy of the UI control template you selected in the User Interface view. Then you insert a variable name in the new template.

  2. Assigning the New UI Control Template. Assign the new template to the item.

  3. Defining a UI Property for the Item. Define a UI Property for the item.