Defining a Characteristic for a Construct

Prerequisites

To define a characteristic for a construct, you should have:

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

Procedure

To define a characteristic for a construct:

Ensure that the Characteristics section is expanded when you are creating, editing, or copying a construct.

The Characteristics section contains the following fields:

Field Name	Field Description	Mandatory (Yes or No)
Effective Date	Used to specify the date from when the characteristic is effective for the construct. Note: You can either manually specify the date or select it using the Date Picker () icon corresponding to the field.	Yes (Conditional) Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the construct.
Characteristic Type	Used to indicate the characteristic type. Note: The list includes only those characteristic types where the characteristic entity is set to Construct.	Yes (Conditional) Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the construct.
Characteristic Value	Used to specify the value for the characteristic type. Note: If you select a predefined characteristic type, the Search () 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 construct.

Enter the required details in the Characteristics section.
If you want to define more than one characteristic for the construct, click the Add () icon and then repeat step 2.

Note: However, if you want to remove a characteristic from the construct, click the Delete () icon corresponding to the characteristic.

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