The variantdim element is used to define the variant dimension. It has just three attributes and nested leveldesc elements for configuring the attributes used to feed the two levels.
Attributes of the variantdim element are:
XML tag |
Description |
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name |
keyword as used in paramset (required) |
comment |
comment for dimension (optional) |
dimgroup |
name of the group this dimension is assigned to (optional) |
Each dimension level (leveldesc) has exactly one dimitem as value and a description is not allowed for both dimension level. Only the attrname element is required for the dimitem element.
XML tag |
Description |
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attrname |
Name of the referenced attribute, containing the dimension data. Only the TEXT data type is permitted. |
Typically variant dimension is defined as follows.
<variantdim name="D_EPC_VARIANT">
<description language="en" name="Variant" />
<description language="de" name="Variante" />
<leveldesc>
<dimitem attrname="AT_INTERNAL_FUNCTION_FLOW_VARIANT">
<description language="en" name="Combined variant" />
<description language="de" name="Kombinierte Variante" />
</dimitem>
</leveldesc>
<leveldesc>
<dimitem attrname="AT_INTERNAL_PRECISE_VARIANT">
<description language="en" name="Precise variant" />
<description language="de" name="Präzise Variante" />
</dimitem>
</leveldesc>
</variantdim>