Configuration Specification Editor Data Values Subtab

Use the Data Values subtab to define sets of valid enumeration values for elements. Enumerations (also referred to as look-up or drop-down values) represent actual values that characteristics can take as valid values.

Field Use

Included table

Click the placeholder text inside the Code and Description columns to change the code name and description for the enumeration.

The value you enter in the Code field is stored in the database. The value you enter in the Description field is displayed to the user.

Enumerations that are inherited from a base type are read-only. Additionally, enumerations can be inherited from an ancestor if the base type does not specifically define its own value space but derives the enumerations from an ancestor.

Click inside the Default column and select Yes to make the selected value the default value in the run-time environment.

Add

Click Add to add an enumeration for the characteristic you selected in the Included table.

Excluded table

Displays inherited enumerations that you want to exclude from the list of values in the run-time environment. Move enumerations between the Included and Excluded tables using the arrow buttons. Use this capability to display a subset of the inherited enumerations as valid values for the element in the run-time application.

Language

For some data elements, you can specify the language in which to display the selected enumeration value.

This field is not applicable to data elements tagged as characteristics.