6 Attributes

Learn about attributes in product or service specifications.

Attributes Overview

Attributes are data elements that can be applied to product or service specifications. Attributes are defined independently from the specifications and can then be re-used in product specification and service specification attributes. Attributes support the full entity lifecycle management just like other top-level entities. Attributes have two parts: the name of the attribute and its possible values.

Attributes can be of simple type or aggregate type.

A simple attribute is just a single attribute. For example, color is a simple attribute which can be used on a product specification with values RED, BLUE, and GREEN.

Aggregate attributes are group of attributes. For example, dimension is an aggregate attribute of length, breadth, and height.

To configure attribute properties:

1. For numeric data types, provide a range of allowed values.

2. You can provide additional information as follows:

   • isConfigurable to indicate whether the attribute values can be configured.

   • extensible to indicate whether the attribute values can be extended by spoke systems.

   • isUnique to indicate whether the attribute values must be unique.

   • cardinality to specify the number of values that can be associated with the attribute.

   • default value to specify the value that is applied by default.
3. Mask attribute values that contain sensitive information.

To define attributes, select Attributes from the Workbench.