The three types of property windows show metadata associated with breakdown elements, data files and products (see Figure 68 below).

Figure 68. Property window
The top section shows system properties, the lower section shows user-defined properties. System properties are predefined by the system. User-defined properties are defined in the reference data page by the user. Right after installation of EDMtruePLM the user-defined property sections are empty.
Note: The property windows always show the properties of the last selected node, data file or product.
Icons definition

Allows the user to edit the property value; properties that do not have this icon are not editable. This feature does not allow you to leave the property value field empty, that is, without a value. Use the following function to unset a property value.
Will clear a property value.

Note: Deleting a property can only be done from the reference data page.

System properties of breakdown elements

Breakdown elements have the following set of predefined properties (Table 6).
Table 2. Breakdown element system properties

	Name	Description	Type	Editable
1	Name	The name of the breakdown element	string	yes
2	Description	The description of the breakdown element	string	yes
3	Created by	The name of the user who created the node	user name	no
4	Created date	The date when the node was created	date and time	no
5	Last modified by	The name of the user who did the last update	user name	no
6	Last modified date	The latest date when the node was modified	data and time	no
7	Phase	The process phase that the node was created in	reference data	no
8	Type	The type of the breakdown element	reference data	yes
9	Version	The current version of the breakdown element	version id	no
10	Links	The links between the breakdown element nodes	hyperlink	no
11	Organisation	The organisation details	hyperlink	no

User defined properties will also appear within this window.

System properties of data files

Breakdown elements have the following set of predefined properties (Table 3).
Table 3. Data file system properties

Name	Description	Type	Editable
Title	The title of the document	string	yes
Name	The file name	string	no
Description	The description of the document	string	yes
Created by	The name of the user who added the document to the system	user name	no
Created date	The date that the document was added to the system	date	no
Last modified by	The name of the user who did the last update	user name	no
Last modified date	The last date when the document was checked in	date	no
Version	The current system version of the document	version id	no
Phase	The process phase that the data file was created in	reference data	no
Approver	The name of the user who shall approve the document	user name	yes
Release manager	The name of the user who manages the release process of the document	user name	yes
Responsible	The name of the user responsible for the document.	user name	yes
Reviewer	The name of the user who shall review the document	user name	yes
Discipline	The discipline that the document is associated with	reference data	yes
External version	An external version given by the user	string	yes
Format	The file extension	string	no
RID references	A list of issue identifiers from the review process of the document	string	yes
Source	Identification of the origin of the document	reference data	yes
Status	The status of the document in its lifecycle	reference data	yes
Type	The category of document	reference data	yes

User defined properties will also appear within this window.

Product properties

The data file has a set of predefined properties.
Table 4. Product properties

Name	Description	Type	Editable
Name	The human understandable name of the product	string	no
Type	The category assigned to the document	reference data	no
Description	The description of the document	string	no
Created by	The name of the user who added the product to the system	user name	no
Created date	The date when the product was added to the system	date	no
Domain	The discipline of the product	reference data	no
Stage	The stage that product is at in its lifecycle	reference data	no

User defined properties will also appear within this window.