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My WebSpace - Custom Properties

This document explains how to add custom properties to your files.

Custom Properties

Custom Properties are used for creating places to hold additional information not provided by the standard My WebSpace file properties. Custom properties are also very useful for searching. You can search on any custom property you create for a file or directory.

For example, suppose you would like to save a collection of articles in HTML format into your My WebSpace home directory. Because you are uploading those files, My WebSpace makes you (your username) the creator of those articles. However, you may want to keep track of the actual author of those articles for future reference. You could create a custom property called "Author" that would hold the author's name as its value.

To Create a New Custom Property for a File or Directory:

1. Navigate to the Manage screen of the item for which you wish to create a custom property.
2. Scroll down to the "Custom Properties" section. If you are working with a file, you will need to click on "Custom Properties" to actually open the section.
3. Click on the "Add New Custom Property" button on the top toolbar.
4. Give the custom property a name and assign it an actual value. In the articles example above, the name of the property would be "author" and the value would be "the name of the person who wrote the article".
5. Click "OK".
6. The new custom property will be listed in the table of custom properties. Click "Back" to return to the Manage screen.

To Edit a Custom Property:

1. Navigate to the Manage screen of the item for which you wish to create a custom property.
2. Scroll down to the Custom Properties section. If you are working with a file, you may have to click on "Custom Properties" to open the section.
3. Click on the name of any custom property.
4. Click on the "Edit" icon, the small pencil in line with the custom property you wish to edit.
5. Change the value of the custom property accordingly.
6. Click "OK".
7. Click "Back" to return to the Manage screen.

To Delete a Custom Property:

1. Navigate to the Manage screen of the item for which you wish to delete a custom property.
2. Scroll down to the Custom Properties section. If you are working with a file, you may have to click on "Custom Properties" to open the section.
3. Click on the name of any custom property.
4. Click on the "Delete" (X) icon for the property you wish to delete.
5. Click "OK".
6. Click "Back" to return to the Manage screen.

All Properties

"View All Properties" is used primarily as a troubleshooting tool. The list of properties displayed includes all custom properties and all classification properties.