User guide

Data Integration with Sybase Avaki Studio 101

Managing attributes

Read this section for instructions on displaying, creating, modifying, and deleting the

attributes associated with objects in the data catalog.

Step 1 To display the attributes for an item in the data catalog view, right-click the item and

select Attributes from the context menu. The Edit Attributes dialog appears.

Notice that the Attribute Name and Type fields and many of the Value fields are

grayed out and uneditable (above). You cannot change the name or data type of any

attribute. Nor can you edit the values of system attributes; system attributes are dis-

played only for information. What can you edit? Only the values that are not grayed

out—the values of user attributes. And only an administrator or the owner of an object

can edit the values of its user attributes.

Step 2 To edit an attribute value, click it and type a new value. Be sure to respect the type. If

you enter a word for an attribute that calls for an integer value (for example), Studio

will suffer existential angst and display an error.

Note At any point, you can click Cancel to dismiss the Edit Attributes dialog

without saving your changes, or click OK to dismiss the Edit Attributes dialog

and save your changes.