Creating and Deleting Attributes Groups

You can create and delete attributes groups.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Edit the Scopes of Attributes Groups
List of Supported DS Types

Create an Attributes Group

There are several ways to create an attributes group:

  • From scratch, which allows you to define the group's scope with several types at once.
  • From a type's Attributes Groups tab, which automatically defines the group's scope with the current type.

  1. Do either of the following:
    • To create an attributes group from scratch, open either the Attributes Groups page or any existing attributes group.
    • To create an attributes group from a type's Attributes Groups tab, open the type and click Attributes Groups.
      Note: This tab is not available for types that you derived from a DS type whose admin type is Interface. For more information, see List of Supported DS Types.
  2. Click Create a new attributes group.

    Depending on the action you performed in step 1, this command appears either on the right-side of the widget or on the navigation menu.

    A Create a new attributes group dialog box opens.
  3. In the Name of the attributes group field, enter a name for your attributes group.

    Only [a-z][A-Z][0-9] characters are supported.

    Enterprise IP Schema Specialization automatically appends a UUID to the end of your name to make sure that your attributes group name is unique. This UUID never appears on the user interface. You can only retrieve it by copying the attributes group's full name. For more information, see Copying a Specialization Element's Full Name.

  4. If you are creating an attributes group from scratch, click the Scopes Names field and select all the types to which your attributes group will be applied.

    You can select types you have created yourself and supported OOTB DS types.

    Important: The types you select must all be of the same nature (WIP or Governance).

  5. Click Save.

Your attributes group is created and Enterprise IP Schema Specialization opens it.

After you have created an attributes group:

Delete an Attributes Group

You can delete attributes groups that have never been used to create objects.

  1. From the navigation menu, click Attributes Groups.
  2. Click the tile of the attributes groups you want to delete.

    Note: You cannot delete attributes groups that have been used to create objects.

    The attributes group opens.
  3. From the top-right hand corner of the widget, click Delete the attributes group.

    Warning: There is no confirmation message and this action is irreversible.