com.ibm.rpm.applicationadministration.containers
Attribute

com.ibm.rpm.framework.RPMObject
  extended bycom.ibm.rpm.applicationadministration.containers.GenericAttribute
   extended bycom.ibm.rpm.applicationadministration.containers.Attribute

Attribute
Extends: com.ibm.rpm.applicationadministration.containers.GenericAttribute
Child objects: None

Related scope: com.ibm.rpm.applicationadministration.scope.AttributeScope

An attribute is defined as a characteristic related to an element which defines and categorizes it. Attributes can be defined for projects, deliverables, tasks, documents, scope elements, and so on.

Attribute is used to create attributes for WorkElement, ClientCostCenter, Asset, Pool, and GenericDocument items. Attributes are assigned to these items using AttributeAssignment.

Parent is mandatory, allowed parent type is AttributeClassification.

Supported API Calls: Primary key: The following fields are required when using the loadFromID and loadArrayFromID methods:

ID

Related code samples :

Java

C#

Field Summary
InputType inputType
   Input type of the attribute. Queries based on this field are not supported by the XPath framework.

Inherited Field Summary
xsd:string contextName
   The context name identifies which section of the Web Services API the object belongs to. This value of this field is generated automatically when creating the RPMObject.
xsd:boolean deleted
   If the value of this field is set to true, then the RPMObject will be deleted when performing a save.
xsd:string description
   The description of the attribute
xsd:string ID
   The unique ID of the RPMObject. If the value of this field is set to null, the save operation will generate the ID automatically when creating the RPMObject. If an ID is specified, then the save operation will attempt to update an existing RPMObject.
xsd:string name
   Name of attribute.
RPMObject parent
   The parent of the RPMObject.

Field Detail

inputType


InputType inputType
Input type of the attribute. Queries based on this field are not supported by the XPath framework.

Null value: This field may never be null during updates.

Relationship: This field is a reference relationship.

Default value: This default value is Numeric.


Inherited Field Detail

contextName


xsd:string  contextName
The context name identifies which section of the Web Services API the object belongs to. This value of this field is generated automatically when creating the RPMObject.

Read-only behavior: The value of this field is read only.

X-Path availability: This field doesn't support X-Path queries.


deleted


xsd:boolean  deleted
If the value of this field is set to true, then the RPMObject will be deleted when performing a save.

Read-only behavior: The value of this field is read only.

X-Path availability: This field doesn't support X-Path queries.


description


xsd:string  description
The description of the attribute

Maximum: The maximum length for this field is 255 characters.


ID


xsd:string  ID
The unique ID of the RPMObject. If the value of this field is set to null, the save operation will generate the ID automatically when creating the RPMObject. If an ID is specified, then the save operation will attempt to update an existing RPMObject.

Read-only behavior: The value of this field is read only.


name


xsd:string  name
Name of attribute.

Minimum: The minimum length for this field is 1 characters.

Maximum: The maximum length for this field is 255 characters.

Null value: This field may never be null.


parent


RPMObject parent
The parent of the RPMObject.

Null value: This field may never be null.

Scoping: This field will be used by the API if the scope field parent is enabled.

Read-only behavior: The value of this field is read only after the object was created.

Relationship: This field is a reference relationship.

X-Path availability: This field doesn't support X-Path queries.

Valid types:
com.ibm.rpm.applicationadministration.containers.AttributeClassification