The Data Table Definition functionality is concentrated in the Required Items and Attributes tabs in the Data Tables interface. This article focuses on the second tab, Attributes.

Attributes

The Attributes tab is used to define the sources and parameters for each of the HPMS data items. There are three internal tabs on this interface:

1. Events -- Used to add HPMS Data Items to the selected data table that has a database table as the source data.
2. Parent/Child Events -- Used to add HPMS Data Items to the selected data table that has a parent HPMS Data Item.
3. Derived Events -- Used to add derived HPMS Data Items.

Controls

There are some static controls on the Attributes tab.

Columns

All the columns in the three internal tabs are editable, except for Status, Read/Write, Description, and Measure. These four columns will be automatically filled and view-only.

Status Column

The Attributes tab hosts status columns in each of its internal tabs. Once the user has run the populate process using the Populate Button, an icon will appear in this column for each item row indicating the status of the imported data. When the overlay is populated or refreshed, this icon will be updated to reflect the import status of the tab data. To learn more about the three available statuses-- Success, Warning, and Fatal Error-- click here.