On the Views page, the attributes list for a view consists of the attributes from the view definition. This includes both the defined attributes and the grouping attributes.
| Attribute List Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Display Name | The display name for the attribute.
You can edit and localize the display name at any time. See Editing and localizing an attribute display name and description. |
| Attribute Key | The attribute identifier.
Read-only. You cannot change the attribute key unless you update the view definition. |
| Refinable | Whether the attribute can be used for refinement.
Only attributes from the physical data can be used for refinement. Read-only. |
| Searchable | Whether the attribute is enabled for either full text or typeahead search.
Read-only. To enable or disable an attribute for search, see Enabling or disabling full text search and typeahead search on an attribute. |
| Multi-Value | Whether the attribute can be assigned multiple values.
For a base view, this indicates whether the physical attributes are configured to be multi-value. For views you create, an attribute can be multi-value if you used the set aggregation for that attribute in the view definition. Read-only. |
| Data Type | The data type for the attribute. You cannot change the data type.
For base views, for date/time attributes, you can configure the available subsets of date/time units that can be used for filtering and display. See Determining the available subsets of date/time attributes. |
| Standard Format | The default display format for the attribute values.
For most data types, you can customize the default display format. String attributes can only be customized if they are multi-value. See Configuring the default display format for an attribute. |
| Dimension | Whether the attribute can be used as a dimension for aggregating metric values.
To allow the attribute to be used as a dimension, select the check box. Note that multi-value date/time attributes cannot be used as dimensions. |
| Available Aggregations | The available aggregation methods for aggregating the values for this attribute into a metric.
You can enable or disable available aggregation methods. See Selecting the available and default aggregation methods for an attribute. |
| Default Aggregation | The default aggregation method.
You can change the default aggregation method. See Selecting the available and default aggregation methods for an attribute. |
| Refinement Behavior | Displayed and editable for base views only.
The type of refinement allowed for the attribute. Indicates whether users can select more than one value to refine by. See Configuring the Available Refinements behavior for base view attributes. |
| Include in Available Refinements | Displayed and editable for base views only.
Whether to include the attribute on the Available Refinements panel. If this box is not selected, then even if the attribute belongs to a group that is included on the Available Refinements panel, the attribute is not displayed. See Configuring the Available Refinements behavior for base view attributes. |
| Description | A short description of the attribute.
You can edit and localize the attribute description at any time. See Editing and localizing an attribute display name and description. |