Considerations when Defining Federal Attributes

Here are a few things to keep in mind when adding or updating federal attributes.

• You can’t update the federal attribute name.
• You can’t delete a predefined federal attribute.
• You can’t delete a federal attribute if federal account attributes or federal supplemental rules are defined for that attribute.
• If the attribute Category is ledger, the Source Lookup field is populated based on the selected Source and you can’t override it.
• If the attribute Category is federal attribute supplemental rules, the Source field is populated with Reporting Code and you can’t override it.
• If the attribute Category is federal account attributes, the Source field is populated with Attribute Value and you can’t override it.
• If the Source Lookup is derived from a format-based value set or table-based value set, the Default Value field is a free-form text field. Otherwise, the Default Value field displays a list of values.
• For the Program Activity Code attribute, if the Category is Federal Attribute Supplemental Rules, you can't update the Source and Source Lookup fields. The Source will be populated with Reporting Code and the Source Lookup will be populated with Program Activity value source.