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Attribute Names provide a unique identifier to refer to the attribute. Names must begin with a letter. The name can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters, including underscore but not spaces. Names are case sensitive and must be unique within each location.
An attribute prefix is assigned to all global attributes to indicate their location. You must enter the prefix when using the attribute name in an expression, unless it is a transaction-location attribute.
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Type of attribute |
Prefix |
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Transaction attribute |
No prefix (for example attribute_name) required. The use of T. is allowed and may appear in some circumstances (for example T.attribute_name). |
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Argument (M. or C.) attribute |
M. (for example M.attribute_name) C. (for example C.attribute_name) |
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Scenario attribute |
S. (for example S.attribute_name) |
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Activity attribute |
A. (for example A.attribute_name) |
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Resource attribute |
R. (for example R.attribute_name) |
The special prefix F. (for example F.attribute_name) is the Family prefix, and assigns a value to a transaction attribute for all members of a transaction family. A transaction family is created the first time a transaction is duplicated. If you do not use the F. prefix, only the value of the current transaction attribute is changed; the attribute for all other family members is not changed.
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