Creating Extended Properties Using the UI

Extended Properties (xProperties) are property definitions that are isolated from any one ItemType definition. Members of either the “Administrators” or the “Classification Administrators” group identities can create these. Members of these groups can also specify unique permissions for each xProperty.

To define xProperties, select Extended Classification xProperties in the TOC.

The menu shown in Figure 2 appears.

Click Create New xProperty. A screen similar to the following appears. You define an xProperty in the same way as an ItemType property. Definitions include information such as the name, label, and data type.

You can add xProperties directly to an ItemType, separate from any xClassification definition. To explicitly link an xProperty to an ItemType, open the ItemType’s definition and add the xProperty under the xProperties tab.

You can then either tie the permissions of this xProperty to the standard ItemType permissions or to its own unique permissions. There are two settings for unique permissions, xProperty Value Permissions and Explicit Permissions. If you set the Permission Behaviors to No Check, the standard Item permissions apply. Setting the behaviors to Check enables the configured permissions. Permissions are described in more detail in section 4.