Property Categories

Version, hierarchy, and node properties are organized by category. Each property category represents a set of logically related properties such as those belonging to a particular external system (for example, Oracle Hyperion Planning or Oracle Essbase) or a specific functional area within the company. The application administrator can create as many property categories as needed. Oracle Data Relationship Management includes default property categories.

Table 6-1 Default Property Categories

Category	Description
System	Properties related to a node’s identifying characteristics, such as ID, name and description. The only change that can be made to this category is assigning the read-only flag for individual users. Users with read-only access cannot edit values in the category, but can view them. Note: Properties cannot be assigned to this category.
Stats	Properties that provide statistical information about the node such as number of children, number of siblings, and so on This category is available for nodes only.
Validation	Validations assigned for the node; one property for each validation This category is available for nodes only.
Leaf Access	Node security groups and their leaf access levels for the node; one property for each group This category is available for nodes only.
Limb Access	Node security groups and their limb access levels for the node; one property for each group This category is available for nodes only.

You can have different levels of access to different property categories. Categories that can be viewed are available in the drop-down list. Categories that can be edited allow modification of properties that support overridden values. The Validation, Leaf Access, and Limb Access categories are available only to users with the Data Manager role.