The Properties Panel

Dana Zweifler

September 21, 2026 18:37

In the Properties panel on the Display tab, you can view, edit, and save properties of a set or item. To edit properties, complete the following steps:

From the Sets and Items panel, either select a set to edit or expand a set and select an item to edit.
At the bottom of the Properties panel, click the Edit button.
In the Properties panel, edit any of the available fields—the available fields vary depending on the set/item you are editing.
When you have finished your changes, click the Save button.

The following table shows the properties and possible actions you can perform on them, depending on what you select in the other panels. For example, if you select the ID of a table in the Resources panel, you can view and edit the ID of the specified table.

Panel	Selection	Properties	Possible Actions
Resources (Table List view)	Table	ID of the table	View and edit
	Table	Name of the data source	View only
	Table	Name of the table in the data source	View only
Resources (Table List view)	Field (Column)	ID of the field	View only
	Field (Column)	Name of the data source	View only
	Field (Column)	Name of the field's table in the data source	View only
	Field (Column)	Java datatype of the field	View only
Resources (Join Tree view)	Table, Field, or Join Tree	None	None
Sets and Items	Set	Label of the set	View and edit
	Set	ID of the set	View and edit
	Set	Description of the set	View and edit
	Set	Internationalizations keys for the set	View and edit
Sets and Item	Item	Label of the item	View and edit
	Item	ID of the item	View and edit
	Item	Description of the item	View and edit
	Item	Internationalization keys for the item	View and edit
	Item	Source table field	View only
	Item	Data format	View and edit
	Item	Default summary function	View and edit
	Item	Field or measure	View and edit

Descriptions of sets and items appear as tooltips in the Ad Hoc Editor and help report creators understand the purpose of the specified sets and items.

Internationalization keys are the property names of internationalized strings in locale bundles. Selecting an item in Sets and Items displays the internationalization keys, if there are any, for the item under Bundle Keys.

After defining the list of sets, subsets and items, you can refine the way the Domain appears to users by renaming and providing descriptions for sets, subsets, and items. In the Properties panel, click the Edit button to modify properties. The following table describes each of the properties in detail:

Property	Appears On	Description
ID	Table, Field, Set, Item	An identifier used within the Domain. Default table and field IDs are based on the names in the data source, but you may change the ID of a table as long as it remains unique. Set and item IDs are a separate namespace in which each ID must be unique, although based on table and field IDs by default. The ID property value must be alphanumeric and not start with a digit. When editing a Domain that has been used to create Topics and reports, you should not change any IDs.
Data Source	Table, Field	Alias of the data source for the selected field or table.
Source Table	Table, Field	Name of either the selected table or of the field's table in the data source. The Source Table does not change when the ID property of a table is modified.
Datatype	Field	Java datatype of the selected field.
Label	Set, Item	User-friendly name displayed in the Data Chooser and the Ad Hoc Editor.
Description	Set, Item	User-friendly description displayed as tooltip on the label in the Ad Hoc Editor. The description helps the report creator understand the data represented by this set or item.
Label Key Description Key	Set, Item	Internationalization keys for the label and description properties. Locale bundles associate this key with the localized text for the label or description. Keys may only use characters from the ISO Latin-1 set, digits, and underscores (_).
Source	Item	References the Domain names of the table and field associated with this item; the syntax is Domain_jointree.Domain_table.datasource_ field.
Data Format	Item	Default numerical format (such as number of decimal places) for the item when used in a report.
Summary Function	Item	Default summary function for the item when used in a report. The available functions depend on the field's data type (Boolean, date, numeric, or text).
Field or Measure	Item	Designates whether the item is a qualitative value (field) or quantitative value (measure). By default, all numeric types are assumed to be measures, and all non-numeric items are plain fields. Use this setting to override the default.