Working with Attributes

Just finished up doing a bit of attribute work. There are a few things to keep in mind that I thought I would share.

1) If you do not want to have an attribute show in Advanced Find then you want to set the SEARCH flag on that attribute to NO. By default the search flag is set to YES.

2) You can use the comment field to help organize your work in addition to the display field and the internal attribute schema names. For instance you might want to map your internal schema names to the system you are integrating with, the display names to something that makes sense to users who are using advanced find and the labels on the form to something that works well for data entry. The comment field can also be used by placing a flag at the start of the comment so you can sort by comment during your reviews.

3) Don't have time to enter comments? A few extra seconds per attribute and you can go so much further with documentation and communication. Makes someone elses life easier, include comments.