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Use the attributes properties tab to specify the characteristics of the data in a grid column. You can open attribute properties from:
- the repository. Attributes are listed under their stream
- the Stream properties → Attributes section
- other attribute lists.
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Basic Settings
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Name | Enter the name of the attribute.
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Type | Select the type of data this attribute contains; see Understanding Data Types.
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Length | This field is available when Type is String. By default strings are 50 characters long. Optionally specify a different string length of between 1 and 4000. For strings longer than 4000 characters, set a Type of Bigstring. | |||||||||||||||||
Precision | This field is available when Type is Integer. Enter the maximum number of digits allowed in whole numbers. By default, integers are 10 digits long. Optionally specify a different integer precision of between 1 digit and 38 digits. | |||||||||||||||||
Significant Figures | This field is available when Type is Decimal. Enter the maximum number of total digits for decimal numbers. By default decimals have 10 significant figures. |
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Decimal Places | This field is available when Type is Decimal. Enter the maximum number of digits allowed after the decimal point. By default, decimals have 2 decimal places. This must be less than the number of significant figures. | |||||||||||||||||
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Order | The order of the attributes in the stream. Attribute expressions are evaluated in this order. This is important when you need to use the results of a calculation in another attribute:
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Expression | The expression used to generate the attribute value. This is written as a PhixFlow Expression. It must evaluate to a single value, of the type specified in the Type field. |
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Indexed |
To improve performance, index an attribute when the stream has a large data set and an output pipe from the stream uses this attribute to:
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Translate Values
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Cache Key | Enter an expression to be evaluated for each stream-item (record) in the stream. The expression can:
Once calculated, the cache key value persists throughout subsequent stream calculation, rather than being created from scratch for each stream-item as normal. This allows you to keep track of the calculation as it progresses. This means you can use a "persistent" attribute value in other expressions. |
Access Permissions
For details about how to control access to an attribute, see Common Properties → Access Permissions.