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Core Modules Documentation

Properties are additional fields that can be applied to either Nodes or Items. Properties can be useful when built-in fields are not enough to describe a node or item. Before a node or item can accept values for properties, a property definition must first be created.

There are two types of properties:

• Node based – used to extend nodes.
• Item based – used to extend items.

Node and Item based properties can be scoped in the following ways:

• Global – applied to every node or item in the CMS account.
• Non-Global – applied to only an assigned node or items in a node. Sub nodes and items will also be assigned this property in accordance to node inheritance rules.

Below is a description of the process of assigning data to properties:

Create Property Definition	Decide to create either a Node or Item based property definition and either a Global or Non-Global scope.
Assign a Node Property Definition	Only for Non-Global property definitions. Go to the target node’s properties. The node must break inheritance; otherwise the node will inherit properties from its parent node. Click the Assign Properties link Make sure the tab “Assign Node Properties” is highlighted, if not, then click this tab. Click the Assign Property button. Go back to the Node properties. Newly assigned properties are now present and ready to receiving user data.
Assign an Item Property Definition	Only for Non-Global property definitions. Assigning an item based property is done to all items under a node therefor can be assigned at the node level. Go to the target node’s properties. The node must break inheritance. Properties on Items are not inherited from parent nodes. Click the Assign Properties link Make sure the tab “Assign Item Properties” is highlighted, if not, then click this tab. Click the Assign Property button. To supply values to the newly assigned item properties, edit any item in this node and click the Properties action button.

When assigning a property to either a Node or Item based property, supply the following information:

• Property Name
• Data Type – the data type this property will contain.
• Required – Whether the value for this property is required.
• Default Value – If required, then the default value this property will use to populate the property value.
• Multi-Language – Whether the property value can contain multiple language content.

Note: Changes to item based properties are reflected in the Item upon saving the draft item and do not require publishing the draft item.

Additional Resources

How to: Create Item Properties
How to: Create Node Properties
How to: Assign Item Properties
How to: Assign Node Properties