You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a phase property sheet, double-click its Browser entry, or select it on the Phases tab of a lifecycle property sheet and click the Properties tool.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Specifies the name of the item which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users. |
| Code | Specifies the technical name of the item used for generating code or scripts, which may be abbreviated, and should not generally include spaces. |
| Comment | Specifies a descriptive label for the item. |
| Stereotype | Sub-classification used to extend the semantics of an object without changing its structure; it can be predefined or user-defined. |
| Retention/Time unit | [age-based] Specifies the length of time that data will be retained in this phase. |
| Idle period/ Time unit | [access-based] Specifies the minimum length of time that the table must remain unaccessed before it is moved to the next phase. |
| Source | Specifies where the data to populate the phase is located. The default is the current (warehouse) database. For the first phase only in an age-based lifecycle, you can specify instead an external database (see Archiving Data From External Databases), in which case you must also specify a data source to link to the PDM that models the external database. |
| Tablespace | [Current database only] Specifies the tablespace with which the phase is associated. Select a tablespace from the list or click the tools to the right of this field to create a new tablespace or open the property sheet of the currently selected one. |
| Data Source | [External database only] Specifies the data source used to connect to the external database. Click the Create tool to the right of this field to launch the Data Source Wizard (see Linking an External Database via the Data Source Wizard) to create a data source and apply the appropriate tables to the lifecycle. |