What are Attributes?
An Attribute is the mechanism into which data is captured and displayed. Every single data field in your platform is built from an Attribute. All Suppliers and Items are collections of Attributes.
Why did we create Attributes?
TraceGains provides limitless opportunities for automation and improved efficiencies for your business - and Attributes are the foundation of those opportunities. Not only are Attributes used to collect and display data, but they are also designed to allow for complex configuration of Business Rules and automated Workflows.
How to use Attributes
Your platform comes equipped with hundreds of Attributes ready for use, but you can also create new Attributes if needed. In this article, you will learn about the different types of Attributes available for use in the system.
Attribute Data Types
Active/Inactive: Data value of this Attribute type can be set to "active" or "inactive".
- A Supplier or Item Supplied record could be set to "inactive" if no longer in use.
Comment: Data value is a free text field.
- To hold any commentary you feel is needed.
- Character limit: 4,000
Date: Data value is a date selection.
- Document expiration date.
Date Time: Data value consists of a date and time.
- Date and time of a record-update, deletion, etc.
Derived: Data value will be a SQL script used to compute a value based on multiple Attributes or other values in the system. The value is "derived" from the script each time the Attribute is viewed.
- % docs complete.
Email: Data value is an email address.
- Primary contact email.
Float: Data value is a number that includes a decimal, a "floating-point" value.
- COA values such as weights, quantities.
Image: Data type is an image.
- Upload an image of a barcode or a Kosher symbol into a TraceStation.
Integer: Data type will be a whole number (i.e., NO DECIMALS).
Measurement: For use in Spec Management module.
- Measurement Attribute includes separate data fields to capture: range values, target value, unit of measure, test method, and other notes.
Rich Text Editor: Data type is a block of HTML.
- Can handle images, special text fonts, colors, formatting, etc., by using HTML markup.
Text: Data type will be text.
- Can include letters, numbers, symbols (all in 'text format'), but no images or other types of formatting.
- Character limit: 128
True/False: Data value will only be true or false.
Yes/No: Data value will only be yes or no.