About Characteristic Attribute Overrides

Characteristics that you add to specifications can have attributes defined at the data schema level. You can override the values defined at the data schema level by editing the characteristic attributes for a specific specification. In this case, the override applies only in the entity or entity configuration specification where you made the change. For example, if you change the values for a drop-down list in a particular Logical Device specification, those changes apply only to that specification. If you use the drop-down list in another specification, it retains its originally defined values.

You must ensure that override values meet all restrictions defined in the characteristic specification. For example:

The value must be within the valid values that you defined on the characteristic. For example, for numeric text type characteristic, if the valid value range is from 3 to 5, you get an error message if you enter 6.
The value must conform to an edit mask or display mask if one is defined for the characteristic.
The value must conform to the length defined for the characteristic.