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Version: 68.0.1

Entity Attribute

Provides APIs to manage attributes in a generic way.

An EntityAttribute is a generic description of an attribute of a generic entity. It may refer to a real column in the database or a "virtual" one and has a DataType. When describing a virtual attribute, it is also called a "dynamic" attribute, since it is only known at runtime, not a compile time.

A Sheet is a group of EntityAttributes. Referring to products, customers, document types, etc. it groups a set of additional attributes of an entity and provides an order. It is used for viewing and editing purposes.

When an EntityAttribute is used in a Sheet, it is called a SheetEntityAttribute and has additional properties that describes it (like editable, mandatory, etc.), which are useful to show and modify the value in a user interface.