The table below lists all properties for the particular element. Not all properties might be visible when an element is added, or an existing element is selected. Some properties only become visible when a dependent property is set to a specific value.
| Property | Function |
|---|---|
| (Name) | Specifies the logical name of the selected element. The following are reserved words and cannot be used to name an element. SUPER, COMPONENT, THIS and OWNER. |
| Alias | An automatically generated unique name for the selected element. You can change this name, but if it clashes with an existing alias, you are prompted for another name or to cancel the name change. |
| Author | Read-only. The identifier of the person who created the selected element. |
| Created | Read-only. The date on which the selected element was created. |
| Description | Specifies a short description of the selected element. |
| Inherits | Specifies a class from which the selected class inherits. By leaving the field empty or deleting an existing entry you are specifying that the selected class has no inheritance. |
| Integrity | Indicates if Dataset locking is enabled automatically, and at what level. This ensures processing integrity and fully synchronized recovery. |
| IsConstant | Specifies that an object cannot have its value changed in logic. |
| IsExternal | Specifies whether the class is acting as a proxy for an external component, class or library. |
| IsInnerClass | An inner class has access to all the members of its containing class. When a complex class is inherited, this property is derived by the child class. |
| IsResolved | Specifies whether the element exists in the model or whether it has been created during the import of an element, which refers to it. Note: This property becomes visible only when an element is unresolved, that is when it is set to false. This property can only be changed from False to True. Once an element has been resolved it cannot be made unresolved again. |
| Kind | Read-only. Identifies the kind of element selected. |
| Length | Specifies a numeric value for the length of the attribute. |
| MemberPersistence | Do members default to Persistent? |
| MemberVisibility | Specifies the default visibility for new member elements. This can be overridden for individual elements. |
| Modified | Read-only. The date the element was last modified. |
| Multiplicity | Number of instances. Note: MCP-based systems support a maximum of 255 instances of any persistent class. There is no specific limit for non-persistent classes. |
| Owner | The namespace to which the element belongs. Note: When namespace is changed, system modeler prompts for a confirmation based on the System Modeler Policies settings. Refer to System Modeler Policies for more information on System Modeler Policy settings. |
| PresentationType | Specifies if the selected element has a user interface, and what format such an interface takes. Refer to PresentationType Property formats for more information on options. For Copy Ispecs, the default value is True and is read-only. Refer to Defining User Interfaces for more information on using the Painter tab. |
| ReservedBy | Read-only. The identifier of the user that currently has the selected element reserved. |
| Security | Specifies the security level for an element for this user. The AccessControlled property of the model must be set to True to provide this option. |
SecureTechnique | Use SecureTechnique to indicate whether persistent attributes in the class can be secured in the MCP database and with what technique. Refer to the Agile Business Suite Runtime for ClearPath MCP Administration Guide for more information on securing data in the database. This property is applicable to the MCP platform only. Valid values are:
The default value for this property is ‘None’. Note: DMSII does not allow both types of security to be used in the same data set. |
| Stereotype | Specifies the stereotype that identifies how the class operates and is interpreted in the system. |
| Type | A Type is the class that defines the Instance and is applicable when the following conditions are true:
It shows the qualified name of the class, substitutes the Primitive property and is read-only. |
| VersionFile | |
| Visibility | Specifies the level of visibility for the element. Private – Only visible within its namespace. Protected – Visible within its namespace and any namespace inheriting from it. Public – Visible outside its namespace. |
For details about other properties, refer to Setting Properties.