Data properties

Chapter 4 Building Business Process Diagrams

Data properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a data property sheet, double-click its name in the List of Data or its Browser entry in the Data folder.

The General tab contains the following properties:

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 object, which is used for generating code or scripts.
Comment	Specifies a descriptive comment for the object.
Type	Specifies the type of the data. The following types are available: Undefined – [default]. Structured data – data decomposed into sub-data. Elementary data – data is not decomposed.
Stereotype	Extends the semantics of an object derived from existing objects but specific to your needs. You can enter stereotypes directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in your model's resource file or in an extended model definition.
Definition	Specifies the OOM, PDM or CDM object represented by the data depending on the type you have specified for the data and on the models open in the workspace. You can use the tools to the right of the list to browse the complete tree of available objects or view the properties of the selected object. Depending on the type of the data, the following objects are available for selection: Undefined – CDM entity, CDM data item, OOM class, and PDM table. Elementary – CDM data item. Structured – CDM entity, OOM class, and PDM table. For more information about how to link data to external model objects, see Linking data to an external model object.