You can create characteristics in several ways. See the following topics:
In the Dictionary view, you can create data elements that are automatically tagged as a characteristic.
To create a characteristic in the Dictionary view:
From the Studio menu, select Show Design Perspective.
Click the Dictionary tab.
Right-click in the Dictionary view and select Add Characteristic.
The Create Characteristic dialog box appears.
Select Create new element and then click Next
The Common Details dialog box appears. From this point, the procedure is the same as that for other simple data elements. See ”Creating New Simple Data Elements.”
When working in a Specification editor, you can create new data elements that are automatically tagged as characteristics.
To create a characteristic from a Specification editor:
Create a new specification or open an existing specification in the Specification editor.
See "Creating New Specifications" for more information.
Click the Characteristics tab.
In the data tree area, right-click and select Add Characteristic.
The Create Characteristic dialog box appears.
Select Create new element and then click Next
The Common Details dialog box appears. From this point, the procedure is the same as that for other simple data elements. See ”Creating New Simple Data Elements.”
You can identify a data element as a characteristic using Design Studio tags. When modeling specifications, you can filter entities to display only those data elements tagged as characteristics.
To tag data elements as characteristics:
From the Studio menu, select Show Design Perspective.
Click the Dictionary tab.
Select the data element that you want to tag as a characteristic.
The Data Element tab appears in the Data Schema editor.
Click the Tags subtab.
Click Add.
The Tag Selection dialog box appears.
Select Characteristic and click OK.
(Optional) Select a tag and click Remove to delete the association.
From the File menu, select Save.