A Network Type may have a set of ‘flexible’ attributes associated with it. These attributes may be used to derive different naming conventions on different Network Types or to hold ‘static’ information relating to a Network Element or Network Group.

The values for these ‘flexible’ attributes may be entered as free hand text, selected from a pre-defined set of system Domain values, generated from an internal database sequence, or selected from a list of values dynamically generated from a select statement held within the ‘Query’ field.

Values for Network Attributes may also be derived from other Network Attributes using standard Oracle formatting function calls such as SUBSTR (Substring) or CONCAT (concatenate). This feature is available by entering the appropriate statement within the ‘Default’ field. Derived values may be used within the Unique of a Network Element or within a Network Type Inclusion.

Note: It is recommended that Derived Network Attributes are not displayed as accidental population of the field will negate the derived default value.

Network Attributes are displayed on the Datum and Group dialogs when a network element of the corresponding network type is selected.

The available Columns that may be used for flexible attribution are: