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Properties (on objects and on products definition)

How to Create and Manage Configurable Properties on Objects or Product Definitions

Written by Alexandre GASQUET

In this article, you will learn how to:

  • Distinguish between properties on objects and properties on product definitions,

  • Master the different property types,

  • Create a new property in the administration,

  • Edit / delete an existing property in the administration.

Properties allow you to enrich your objects (products, documents, parts, projects, etc.) and product definitions with customized, structured information.

Why Use Properties?

Properties allow you to:

  • Structure your data

  • Filter and search efficiently

  • Standardize information across teams

  • Adapt Aletiq to your organization

👉 A well-configured set of properties makes it easier to leverage data in Aletiq.

Available Property Types

  • Single selection: only one choice possible (e.g. status, category)

  • Multiple selection: multiple choices possible (e.g. tags, skills)

  • Text: free-form information

  • Number: numeric value (cost, quantity, weight…)

  • Person: assignment to a user

  • Date: deadline or milestone

  • Object link: connects two objects with a bidirectional relationship

👉 Always favor the most structured type possible: properly typed data makes searching, filtering, and creating views much easier.

Who Can Create or Edit Properties?

Only users with administration rights (Admin role) can:

  • Create a property

  • Edit an existing property

  • Delete a property

👉 If you do not have access to these options, contact an Admin.

Properties on Objects

Create a New Property

  1. Select Properties

  2. Select the object (Documents, Parts, Products, etc.)

  3. Click + New property

  4. Configure the property:

    • Type (format suited to the data you want to store),

    • Name,

    • "Editable by users" checkbox,

    • Scope,

    • Values.

  5. Click Create

👉 Choose the most structured type possible to ensure data quality.

Edit a property

The Admin role can edit:

  • The name, description, or the "editable by users" checkbox, and scope (organization or multi-site).

  • The values:

    • Add new ones,

    • Edit their label.

👉 Native properties created by Aletiq cannot be edited.

👉 A property's type cannot be changed once it has been created.

Delete a Property

The Admin role can delete:

  • Values (a value must be applied to 0 objects before it can be deleted),

  • The property itself (it cannot be reactivated without contacting customer support).

Product Definition Properties

Why Use Them?

Product definition properties apply to the Product object and are attached to a specific definition revision.

They vary from one definition to another for the same root product, and are locked once the definition is validated.

👉 This makes it possible to clearly distinguish what is global to the product (shared across all definitions) from what is strictly tied to a specific design version.

Who Can Create Them?

Like object properties, only users with the Admin role can create / edit / delete product definition properties. The Manager role can only edit them at the product level within the PLM.

👉 To make a product property linked to the product definition, make sure to enable it using the Make this property definition bound toggle.

Editing Product Definition Properties

From the product home page

👉 The properties displayed automatically are those of the last validated definition.

From the eBOM

👉 For each definition revision of the product, definition properties can be edited directly from the eBOM as long as the definition has not been validated.

In short, once a Product Definition Is Validated:

  • Properties become non-editable,

  • Values are locked,

  • The definition is frozen.

👉 This lock ensures data integrity throughout the product lifecycle.

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