Name

The display name for the attribute. This is the name that users will see when they view instances of this type in the user interface. Therefore, the name should be meaningful. The display name can contain any combination of characters, including spaces. You can change an attribute's display name at any time.

Schema Name

The schema name for the attribute. The schema name is the internal name that CentraSite assigns to the attribute. This name can contain only letters, numbers and the underscore character (_).

CentraSite automatically generates a schema name for the attribute based on the name you enter in the Name field. However, if your display name contains special characters, you may need to explicitly edit the schema name to ensure that it contains only letters, numbers, and the underscore character (_).

After you create and save an attribute, you can no longer change its schema name.

For additional information about attribute display names and schema names, see Attributes.

Description

Optional. An alphanumeric description of the attribute.

Required

Check this option if the attribute is mandatory. Otherwise, it is optional.

Read-only

Check this option if the attribute is read-only. Otherwise, the attribute value can be changed for an object of this type.

Multiplicity

Select Single value if the attribute has just one value. Select Multiple value if the attribute has more than one value.

Data type

The data type for the values of the attribute: Select one of the available types from the list and specify the data type specific information that is required (see below).