Defining Information Behavior Properties

The Information behavior enables you to create labels, hints (tool tips), and help information for data nodes that appear in a web client. Before you define a behavior's properties, you must first create the behavior at either the data element level, task level, or order level.

When editing order and task data in an editor, you can right-click a behavior and select Open Properties View to access the behavior properties.You use the Properties view tabs to model Information behaviors.

Note:

The level at which you create a behavior (at the data element level, task level, or order level) determines where you access and configure the behavior's properties. See "Creating New Behaviors" for more information.

To define Information behavior properties:

From the Design perspective, right-click the behavior and select Open Properties View.

The Behaviors Properties view is displayed.
Click the Labels tab.
In the Language field, select a predefined language in which to display the label to the web client user.

See "Defining Language Preferences" for more information about defining and using languages in Design Studio. See "Defining Information Behaviors in Multiple Languages" for information about how to change the language in which data fields appear in the web client.
In the XPath Expression field, enter an XPath Expression or enter a literal (enclosed by single quotes) to describe the label that you want to display to the web client user.

See "Information Behavior Properties View Labels Tab" for more information about entering XPath expressions.
Click the Hints tab.
In the Language field, select a predefined language in which to display the hint to the web client user when they scroll over the associated field.

See "Defining OSM Preferences" for more information about defining and using languages in Design Studio. See "Defining Information Behaviors in Multiple Languages" for information about how to change the language in which hints are displayed in the web client.
In the XPath Expression field, enter an XPath Expression or enter a literal (enclosed by single quotes) to describe the hint that you want to display to the web client user.

See "Information Behavior Properties View Hints Tab" for more information about entering XPath expressions.
Click the Help tab.
In the Language field, select a predefined language in which to display the help text to the web client user when they click Help button for the associated field.

See "Defining OSM Preferences" for more information about defining and using languages in Design Studio.
In the Topic field, enter the topic name for this help message.
In the Message field, enter the help documentation that will be displayed in the web client when the user clicks the associated field Help button.

Use valid HTML to enter the help message.
Click the Details tab.

The Behaviors Properties view Details tab is displayed. The Name, Type, and Path field values are read-only, and cannot be modified on this tab. See "Defining Behavior Detail Properties" for more information about the options that you can define on this page.
Click the Conditions tab.

Use the Conditions tab to add conditional logic to the Information behavior. See "Defining Behavior Condition Properties" for more information about defining conditions for behaviors.
Click the Notes tab.

Use the Notes tab to describe the functionality or include internal documentation about the Information behavior.

Note:

When you define Information behavior properties for a data element with a range where the minimum is zero, the Task web client applies the behavior only when you add a data node. If there are no data nodes, the help or hint does not appear, and the field uses the Display Name from the Data Dictionary.

See OSM Concepts for more information about behavior default values, inheritance, and declarative syntax.