2.16 Attribute

The Attribute element specifies an attribute of an entity.

The following are the parent elements, attributes, and child elements of the Attribute element.

The following is the XML Schema definition of the Attribute element.          

 <xsd:complexType name="AttributeType">
   <xsd:all>
     <!-- ModelItemType Start-->
     <xsd:element name="Name" type="NonEmptyString" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Hidden" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="CustomProperties" type="CustomPropertiesType" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <!-- ModelItemType End-->
     <!-- FieldType Start-->
     <xsd:element name="Variations" type="VariationsType" minOccurs="0" />
     <!-- FieldType End-->
     <xsd:element name="DataType" type="DataTypeEnum" />
     <xsd:element name="Nullable" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Expression" type="ExpressionType" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="IsAggregate" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="IsFilter" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="OmitSecurityFilters" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="SortDirection" type="SortDirectionEnum" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Width" minOccurs="0">
       <xsd:simpleType>
         <xsd:restriction base="xsd:int">
           <xsd:minInclusive value="0" />
         </xsd:restriction>
       </xsd:simpleType>
     </xsd:element>
     <xsd:element name="Alignment" minOccurs="0">
       <xsd:simpleType>
         <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
           <xsd:enumeration value="General" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="Left" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="Center" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="Right" />
         </xsd:restriction>
       </xsd:simpleType>
     </xsd:element>
     <xsd:element name="Format" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="MimeType" type="NonEmptyString" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="DataCulture" type="xsd:language" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="DiscourageGrouping" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="EnableDrillthrough" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="ContextualName" type="AttributeContextualNameEnum" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="DefaultAggregateAttributeID" type="xsd:QName" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="ValueSelection" minOccurs="0">
       <xsd:simpleType>
         <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
           <xsd:enumeration value="None" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="Dropdown" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="List" />
         </xsd:restriction>
       </xsd:simpleType>
     </xsd:element>
     <xsd:element name="Column" type="ColumnType" minOccurs="0" />
   </xsd:all>
   <xsd:attribute name="ID" type="xsd:QName" use="required" />
 </xsd:complexType>