Create a derived attribute from the Console
Learn how to create derived attributes in the Console.
You need to have the
ROLE_API
role to create a new attribute. For more information, see topic ROLE_API Access permissions.To create a derived attribute:
- From the Console, select Data Modeler.
- In the Data Modeler page, select Entity types from the left navigation pane.
- From the list of entity types displayed, select the entity type for which you want to create derived attributes.
- In the Attributes page, select the Derived attributes tab. If you haven't defined any derived attributes yet, you will see a blank page, as shown below:
- To create a new derived attribute, select Edit from the top right corner.
- From the options displayed, select + Create New.
- In the Create new derived attribute page, select the Simple Attribute type to create a simple derived attribute.
- Enter a Name, Display Name, and a Description for the attribute.
- From the Data type dropdown, select the attribute's data type.
- Toggle the Faceted switch on to include the attribute in faceted search.
- Select Add & Exit to save the attribute details, or select Add another to add another derived simple attribute.
- In the Create new derived attribute page, select the Nested Attribute type to create a nested derived attribute.
- Enter the Name, Display name, and Description.
- Toggle the Faceted switch on to include the attribute in faceted search.
- To add and order nested attributes, select +Add child attribute.
- Select Simple or Nested.
- Enter the required details and select Save to save the details.
- Select Add & Exit to save the attribute details, or select Add another to add another derived attribute.
- When you save the details, you will navigate back to the Derived attributes list page. Here, view the list of derived attributes you created.
- Select Save all to save the attributes created.
Selecting Cancel will cancel and delete the attributes you created.