Attribute Groups
Descriptive attributes whose members vary by category — thread pitch on a fastener, dose form on a drug. Distinct from custom fields: this is what the PRODUCT knows an item can have.
Where to find it
- Module: Platform
- Group: Configuration
- Section: Classification
- Screen: Attribute Groups
Address in the console: /mdm/attribute-groups
List · 5 columns · 7 fields on its form · 2 of them required
Administrators only. This screen is absent for everybody else — including from search and from the reporting catalogue.
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Code | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| For | Status | entity |
| Order | Number | sort_order |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| For | Choice | item, customer, supplier, worker, asset, account | |
| Only for records in this category | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Description | Text | ||
| Order | Number | ||
| Active | Yes or no |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.