Working with properties

Create a property

Go to your project.
Access the Data model, using the sidebar button.
Select the Part you desire to add a property to.
On the right side tab, you will see the properties currently belonging to that part. Click the Add button on top of the tab.
Give the new property a name and select the desired type. Optionally, you might fill in the description, unit and property validators.
Confirm by clicking Add.

Property types?

Unsure what each property type to pick? Read more about them in the Getting started guide.

What are validators?

Property validators are restrictions imposed on the values the property can take. Check the Concept: Property page, in order to learn more about their application.

Edit a property

Go to your project.
Access the Data model , using the sidebar button.
Select the Part where the property you wish to edit is.
On the right side tab, you will see the properties currently belonging to that part. Select the property you wish to edit.
Click Edit button.
Adapt the name, description and (where applicable) the type specific configuration and confirm by clicking Edit.

Edit property type?

Be aware that once a property has been created you cannot change its type anymore.

Delete a property

Go to your project.
Access the Data model , using the sidebar button.
Select the Part where the property you wish to delete is.
On the right side tab, you will see the properties currently belonging to that part. Select the property you wish to delete.
Select Delete.

Cannot delete a property?

That usually means that the property is configured inside a widget. First you must go to the respective widget and unconfigure the property and only afterwards you can delete it. To see the tasks where those widgets are, you can expand the Information tab and click on Show linked activities.

Reorder properties

Go to your project.
Access the Data model , using the sidebar button.
Select the Part where the properties you wish to reorder are.
Click on Reorder button.
Drag and drop to reorder them.
Press Reorder.

Not reordered?

Be aware that you might need to refresh the page in case the reordering action seemed to have had no effect.

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