To create a property:
- Log into Alfresco Share as a user that is a member of the ALFRESCO_MODEL_ADMINISTRATORS permission group and click Admin Tools > Model Manager and select the content model to add a property for.
- Click Create Property against the custom type or aspect to add a property to.
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Enter the properties for the new property:
Property Description Name Required. The name of the property. Property names can only contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-) and underscores (_), for example datePaid. Display label Optional. A display label for the property that will be displayed to users, for example Date Paid. Description Optional. A free text description of what the property is for. For example The date the invoice was paid. Data type Optional. The data type of the property. Requirement Optional. Set whether the property is mandatory. Multiple Optional. Set whether the property can contain multiple values. Default value Optional. Set a default value for the property. Constraint Optional. Set a constraint on the values that can be entered for the property, for example Regular expression. Indexing Optional. Set whether the property can be searched on and how it is searchable, for example Free text. - Click Create or Create and Start Another to save the property.