Add table parameter types to include tables of pattern
parameters in your user-defined patterns.
Before you begin
Complete
the following tasks:
About this task
Create pattern parameter table types to add parameter tables
to your user-defined patterns. To define a table parameter type you
must specify the columns of the table. For every column, you must
specify a display name and a column ID.
Procedure
To create a table parameter type:
- In the Pattern Authoring editor, click the Pattern
Configuration tab. Click Tables.
The Configure Tables window opens.
- Click the Add button that is next
to the Table field.
The Enter
New Table window opens.
- Enter a name for the table in the Enter a name
for the table field. Click OK.
The new table name is displayed in the Table field.
- Define the columns you want to include in the table:
- To add a new column, click the Add button
that is next to the table of column entries. A new display name and
column ID are added to the table.
- To edit a display name, column ID, default value, or width, double-click
the entry you want to edit. Type a new entry, then press Enter to
save the new value.
- To make a table column mandatory, select the required column
in the table of column entries and select Mandatory column.
- To enter help text for a table column, select the required
column in the table of column entries and type the text in the Enter
any HTML or text that you want to display as help text for this column field.
- Click OK.
What to do next
To add a table to your user-defined pattern
you must assign your parameter table type to a pattern parameter;
see Defining the user interface.