Defining a Characteristic for an Address

Prerequisites

To define a characteristic for an address, you should have:

  • Characteristic types defined in the application (where the characteristic entity is set to Address)

Procedure

To define a characteristic for an address:

  1. Ensure that the Characteristics section is expanded when you are defining, editing, or copying an address.

    The Characteristics section contains the following fields in a grid:

    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Effective Date Used to specify the date from when the characteristic is effective for the address. Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the address.
    Characteristic Type Used to indicate the characteristic type.
    Note: The list includes only those characteristic types where the characteristic entity is set to Address.
    Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the address.
    Characteristic Value Used to specify the value for the characteristic type.
    Note:

    If you select a predefined characteristic type, the Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field. On clicking the Search icon, the Predefined Characteristic Search window appears.

    On specifying the value for a predefined characteristic type, the description of the characteristic value appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field.

    Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the address.
  2. Enter the required details in the Characteristics section.
  3. If you want to define more than one characteristic for the address, click the Add (The Add Icon) icon and then repeat step 2.
    Note: However, if you want to remove a characteristic from the address, click the Delete (The Delete Icon) icon corresponding to the characteristic.
  4. Click Save.
    The characteristics are defined for the address.

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How to define an address Defining an Address
How to edit an address Editing an Address
How to copy an address Copying an Address