Creating Properties Manually

In addition to the properties that get created by the system when you register packaged or Universal applications, you can manually create properties that are not bound to an external application from the properties page.

You must be a Service Administrator or have the Owner or Metadata Manager permission on an application in order to create a property. After you have manually created a property, you must add it to a node type in order to make it available in a viewpoint.

Note:

Properties that you manually create from the properties page are not bound to an application initially and thus do not get imported or exported. If you want to bind the property to a Universal application, you must modify the application registration and add the property to a bound node type.

To manually create a property:

1. From Properties, click Create.
2. Select the Property Template that matches the type of data the property will contain. For example, if the property values must be whole numbers, select Custom.Integer Template.
3. Enter the Name, and optionally a Description for the property.
4. For Property Level, if the property template is in the Custom namespace (for example, Custom.String Template), specify whether the property applies to nodes or to relationships between nodes.

   Note:

   If the property template is not in the Custom namespace (for example, PLN.Alias), the Property Level field is read-only.
5. For properties with the string data type, optionally select the property subtype:
   • Basic
   • Email
   • Hyperlink

   See String Subtypes.

6. Specify the Default, Common, and Data Type parameters. See Understanding Property Data Type Parameters.
7. If the property uses an allowed values list, enter the allowed values. See Defining Allowed or Invalid Values for a Property.
8. Perform an action to make the property available in a viewpoint:
   • If you want to bind the property to a Universal application so that it can be imported and exported, modify the application registration and add the property to a bound node type. See Modifying a Universal Application.
   • If you want to view the property in a viewpoint but you don't want to bind the property to an application, edit a node type for the viewpoint that you want to make the property available for and add the property. See Adding, Removing, and Configuring a Node Type's Properties.

Note:

Manually created properties can be bound to Universal applications only. You cannot bind a manually created property to a packaged application, such as Planning.