Adding a new data table or column property

You can add your own data table or column properties from the Data tables overview page, reached from the data canvas sidebar.

Before you begin

You are an analyst or business author with the Manage Data Tables license feature. If an analysis is open, it must be in Editing mode.

About this task

Tip: New properties can also be created in some places where you can use them. For example, in the installed client, you can add a new property by right-clicking in the Available properties for column list in the expression dialogs, selecting New, and specifying a property type.

Tip: See Using Properties in the Analysis in the Spotfire Analyst User Guide for some examples of where you can use properties.

Procedure

On the authoring bar, click Data canvas .
If the data canvas sidebar is collapsed, click Show the data canvas sidebar .
In the data canvas sidebar, click Data tables.
Choose which type of custom property to add by going to the corresponding tab, Data table properties or Column properties.
Click New property.
In the new property dialog, enter a Property name.
Select a Data type for the new property.

Note: Some types of properties, for example, properties used for geocoding, must be of a specific data type so make sure you select the correct type.
Add a Description so others can understand the meaning or use of the property.
If the property needs a default value, make sure Use default value is selected and enter the default value to use.
Click OK.

Results

The new property is added to the list of available properties.

By default, the new properties are added to the end of the properties list, but you can click on a header to sort the list by that column, or use the search field to find your newly added property.

To specify a property value for a column or a data table, see Editing data table or column property values.