Setting Special Attribute Properties

This topic describes the procedure to set the properties of special attributes of an object.

Special attributes provide the ability to query the business object with the specified attribute value. This task is performed while creating an object template.

1. Click the Special Attributes tab on the Object Template page.
2. Click the required attribute and drag it to the Selected Special Attributes pane to set its properties. The selected attributes along with their XPaths are displayed in the Selected Special Attributes pane. The attribute name is displayed in the Special Attributes Properties pane.
3. Type an alias for the attribute name, if required.
   Note: It is recommended to give an alias for the attribute. This name is referred as a parameter for the GetObjectsbyAttribute SOAP request.
4. Select the required check boxes to set the attribute as a primary key or data type as numeric. The icon of the special attribute is changed. Refer to Special Attributes Status for more information on the icons of special attributes. The prefix and namespace of the attribute are displayed in the Prefix and Namespace table below. Note: If special attribute is set on an object with multiple occurrences, only the first occurrence is retreived.
5. Click .
   Special attribute properties are set on the attributes of the object.