Creating Attribute Templates

You can create Administrator preferences such as attribute templates, which are available for all the users.

An attribute template is a set of attributes that can be applied to a bus signal, and a flow or data mapping during creation.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Preferences
Creating Attributes

Environment: On premises only

Create an Attribute

  1. From the Global section of the action bar, click Preferences .
  2. In the Preferences dialog box, select a template under the Templates node and click Create Preference .

    Note: For more information about creating templates, see the following task.

    An attribute is created and appears under the template.
  3. Select the created attribute and edit the Title and Value fields.
  4. From the Unit and Type lists, select values.
  5. Optional: Enter the details of the attribute in the Description area.

Create a Type, a Unit, or a Template

The following task can be used to create a type. The task for creating a unit or a template is identical.

  1. In the Preferences dialog box, select the Types node under the Attributes node and click Create Preference .
    A type is created and appears under the Types node.
  2. Select the created type and edit its title.