"Attributes" dialog

 

Menu

• "New" menu item

  Click this menu item to create a new user-defined attribute and display it in the table.

• "Delete" menu item

  Deletes the selected user-defined attribute. This menu item is only available if a user-defined attribute is selected in the table.

• "Open Link" menu item

  Opens the link, reference or document displayed in the "Value" column. This menu item is only available if the attribute selected in the table is of the type "Link/Reference/Document".

• "Show Lookup Table" menu item

  The "Content of the lookup table" dialog opens. Use this dialog to display, edit or delete the content of a lookup table.

Other dialog elements

The table displays the attributes for every calculation element highlighted in the project structure tree according to attribute groups. The attribute group names are displayed in bold font. Attributes are divided into three attribute types that are shown in different colors.

Column	Description
Name	This column shows the name for each attribute. The names of user-defined attributes can be changed.
Value	This column shows the value of each attribute.
Type	The type for each attribute is displayed in this column. The type of user-defined attributes can be changed.

 

• Attribute colors

  • Gray: Standard attributes are shown in gray.

  • Yellow: Mandatory attributes are shown in yellow. Mandatory attributes require an entry.

  • White: User-defined attributes are shown in white.

  Further Information > Attributes