What a Catalog Entry Contains

The name under which the asset is cataloged.

Note:
An asset name does not need to be unique within the catalog. However, to reduce ambiguity, we suggest that you avoid giving multiple assets of the same type the same name. As a best practice, you should adopt appropriate naming conventions within your organization to ensure that the assets in its catalog are distinctly named.

The ID of the user to whom this asset currently belongs. Also, the name of the organization to which the user belongs is displayed. Ownership of an asset is given to the user who adds the asset to the catalog.

The owner has all access rights to the object, regardless of roles or permissions.

Holds a “Yes” or “No” value. You can define an empty default value if this attribute is not required.

Holds references to categories in specified taxonomies. You use this type of attribute to classify assets according to taxonomies that are defined in CentraSite. You can also define a default value for this attribute.

Holds a timestamp that represents a specific date and time, or date only, or time only. For a time only, specify the default value that represents a period of time as expressed in Hours, Minutes and Seconds.

Holds a value that represents a period of time as expressed in Years, Months, Days, Hours, Minutes and Seconds.

Holds an email address. This data type only accepts values in the format <anyString>@<anyString>.

Note:
When you enter a value for an Email attribute, CentraSite verifies that the entered value conforms to the format above, but it does not attempt to validate the address itself.

Holds references to documents that resides in your organization's supporting document library.

You can use this type of attribute to attach documents such as programming guides, sample code and other types of files to an asset.

Holds a numeric IP address in the v4 or v6 format.

Holds a string of text that extends over several lines when displayed in the UI. (Compare this with the String data type described below)

The value of a Multiline String field is always rendered as plain text in the CentraSite UI.

When you add a Multiline String attribute, you will be able to select the Internationalized option. The Internationalized option allows you to store the text in internationalized string format.

Holds a numeric value.

Select the Maximum Precision checkbox to specify the attribute as a double. The underlying data type for this kind of attribute is a Java Double.

You can optionally assign a unit such as “Seconds,” “tps,” “KB”, “EUR” or “$” to attributes of this type. When you do, the specified unit appears as a prefix or suffix label beside the attribute's value in the CentraSite Control.

Holds a string of text, up to 4000 characters.

The value of a String field is always rendered as plain text in CentraSite Control. See Rich Text attribute, below.

When you add an attribute to a "String" data type, you will be able to select the Enumeration option in order to define a list of possible values for the attribute.

Holds a URL or URI. This data type only accepts values in the form <protocol>://<host>/<path>, where <protocol> is any protocol that java.net.URL supports, <host> is the name or IP address of a host machine and <path> (optional) is the path to the requested resource on that host.

Note:
When you enter a value for a URL attribute, CentraSite Control verifies that the value conforms to the format described above and that <protocol> is a java.net.URL-recognized protocol. However, it does not attempt to validate the address itself.

Holds references to other registry objects. You use this type of attribute to form relationships between the assets and the organizations, users, groups, application assets, policies or, report templates.