Associating custom properties with sub-artifacts

Overview

Blueprint allows project administrators with the correct privileges to associate custom properties with sub-artifacts (such as shapes, connectors, glossary terms, and so on). This allows you to associate various types of data with sub-artifacts in the system. You can also control the order in which the properties are displayed so it is easier to view the information in the utility panel.

Example

Fred manages the glossary artifacts in Blueprint. The company has started developing the next version of the product, and some of the terms are no longer applicable.

Fred decides to create a custom property called Version and associate the custom property with the Glossary Term sub-artifact type.

Now, Fred can set the version on each artifact type so there is no confusion about whether or not the term is applicable to the new product.

Custom properties are added to sub-artifacts on the Sub Artifacts tab in the Project Administration Console. The Sub Artifacts tab looks like this:

Note: Blueprint consists of a predefined set of sub-artifact types. You cannot create custom sub-artifact types.

Tasks

Adding a custom property to a sub-artifact

Removing a custom property from a sub-artifact

Adding a custom property to a sub-artifact

You can add any custom property to any of the predefined sub-artifacts in Blueprint.

To add a custom property to a sub-artifact:

1. Open the Sub Artifacts tab.

   1. Open the Project Administration Console.
   2. Click the Sub Artifacts link.
      The Sub Artifacts tab is displayed.

2. Select a sub-artifact.

   To select a sub-artifact, click a row in the table on the left side of the screen. The custom properties are displayed on the right side of the page.

3. Place a checkmark beside the custom properties that you want to associate with the sub artifact.

   Tip: You can control the order in which the custom properties are displayed in the main experience by selecting a property and clicking the Up and Down buttons.

   You can click the Manage Properties link to add or manage custom properties.

4. Click Save.

Removing a custom property from a sub-artifact

Warning: Removing a custom property from a sub-artifact results in data loss! If you remove a custom property from a sub-artifact, all data stored for that particular custom property is lost.

To remove a custom property from a sub-artifact:

1. Open the Sub Artifacts tab.

   1. Open the Project Administration Console.
   2. Click the Sub Artifacts link.
      The Sub Artifacts tab is displayed.

2. Select a sub-artifact.

   To select a sub-artifact, click a row in the table on the left side of the screen. The custom properties are displayed on the right side of the page.

3. Remove the checkmark beside the custom properties that you no longer want to associate with the sub artifact.
4. Click Save.

Learn More

Managing custom properties

Project Administration

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