Viewing and modifying item properties

You can view item properties in the Properties view. You can also modify item properties that are writable by modifying the value of the property in the Properties view.

To modify item properties
  1. In the Enterprise Repository view, right-click the item, and click Properties.
  2. The Properties view appears.

  3. Change the value for the property you want to change.
  4. For example, to change the description of the item, type a new description for the value of SI_DESCRIPTION.

Two properties views are available; basic or advanced. The basic view is displayed by default and shows the following properties:

Basic view

PropertyDescriptionPermission

SI_CREATION_TIME Property

Stores the date and time of the object's creation

Read only

SI_CUID Property

Returns the unique cluster ID of the InfoObject. Indexed.

Read only

SI_DESCRIPTION Property

Stores a textual description of the object.

Read/write

SI_KEYWORD Property.

Stores a string value that identifies an InfoObject

Read/write

SI_KIND Property

A String value that identifies the BusinessObjects Enterprise object type. Indexed.

Read only

SI_NAME Property

Stores the textual name of the object.

Read/write

SI_OWNER Property

The name of the user who owns a particular object.

Read only

SI_PROGID Property

A string identifying the name of the object. Indexed.

Read only

SI_UPDATE_TS Property

Indicates the last time the object was modified. Indexed.

Read only

Advanced view

PropertyDescription

SI_AGGREGATE_COUNT Property

Specifies the number of objects retrieved by a query that uses the COUNT function.

SI_ALERT_MESSAGE Property

Stores the alert’s message string.

SI_ALERT_NAME Property

Stores the name of the alert.

SI_ALERTx Property

The alert to be retrieved. Note that the x represents a unique number that identifies the alert.

SI_ALERTS Property

Stores alert information for scheduled report instances.

SI_ALIAS_AUTOADD Property

Determines whether to add an alias to an existing Enterprise user with the same name or to create a new entry for this alias.

SI_ALIAS_TARGETID Property

The ID of the shortcut object’s target object. Read-Only.

SI_ALIAS_TARGETPROGID Property

The ProgID of the shortcut object’s target object. Read-Only.

SI_ALIASES Property

The collection of user or user group aliases.

SI_ALLOW_COMPLEXOPERANDS Property

Indicates whether complex operands are allowed in queries.

SI_ALLOW_MULTICONTEXTSELECTION Property

Indicates whether the selection of multiple contexts are allowed.

SI_ALLOW_MULTISQLSTATEMENTSEACHMEASURECONTEXT Property

Indicates whether queries can contain multiple SQL statements when using a context.

SI_ALLOW_MULTISQLSTATEMENTSEACHMEASURE Property

Indicates whether SQL statements for each measure are allowed.

SI_ALLOW_SUBQUERIES Property

Indicates whether sub-queries are allowed.

SI_ALLOW_UNIONINTERSECTMINUS Property

Indicates whether the use of union, intersect, and minus operators are allowed.

SI_ANCESTOR Property

The ancestor from which other objects are descendants.

SI_APPLICATION_OBJECT Property

Indicates whether the object is an application object. Application objects such as the CMC, InfoView, and Web Intelligence are stored in the CI_APPOBJECTS category.

SI_AUTHEN_METHOD Property

The authentication type used to log on.

SI_AUTHOR Property

The author of the report document.

SI_CACHE_SECCONTEXT Property

Indicates whether the security context for Kerberos authentication is cached.

SI_CMS_ADMIN_PWD Property

The password for the server administrator account.

SI_CMS_LOAD Property

The number of users connected to the Central Management Server (CMS).

SI_CMSNAME Property

The name of the Central Management Server (CMS) server that the user is logged on to.

SI_CORPORATE_CATEGORIES Property

Returns a collection of top-level category objects.

SI_CHANGEPASSWORD Property

Indicates whether the user can change the password.

SI_CHILDREN Property

Specifies the number of children an object has.

SI _CLASS Property

This value stores the class information for the associated object.

SI_CLEANUP

A flag that indicates whether the object will be cleaned up.

SI_COMMUNICATION_PROTOCOL Property

Indicates the communication protocol type.

SI_COMPONENT Property

A Boolean that indicates whether the object is a package component

SI_CONNECTION Property

Indicates the connection ID.

SI_CONTENT_LOCALE Property

A collection that contains information about the available content locales.

SI_COREUNIVERSES Property

The ID of the core universes assigned to this object.

SI_CREATION_TIME Property

Stores the date and time of the object’s creation.

SI_CUID Property

Returns the unique cluster ID of the InfoObject. Indexed.

SI_DATACONNECTION Property

The data connections assigned to this universe object.

SI_DATE Property

The date that an event was triggered.

SI_DERIVEDUNIVERSE Property

The derived universes assigned to this universe object

SI_DESCRIPTION Property

Stores a textual description of the object.

SI_DEST_SCHEDULEOPTIONS Property

The destination plugin’s scheduling options.

SI_DISABLE_ACCOUNT_AFTER_N_FAILED_LOGINS Property

Indicates whether the account is disabled after a specified number of attempts to log on to the system.

SI_DISABLED Property

Indicates whether the server is disabled.

SI_DOCUMENTS Property

Returns a collection of IDs that represent the documents assigned to a category.

SI_ENDTIME Property

The date and time that the instance finished being processed.

SI_ENFORCE_MAX_PASSWORD_AGE Property

Indicates whether users are required to change their password after a specified length of time.

SI_ENFORCE_MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH Property

Indicates whether passwords must contain a minimum number of characters.

SI_ENFORCE_REENABLE_ACCOUNT_TIME Property

Indicates whether a disabled account will be re-enabled after a specified length of time.

SI_ENFORCE_UNABLE_TO_REPEAT_LAST_N_PASSWORDS Property

Indicates whether previous passwords can be repeated.

SI_EXECUTIONTIME_VALUE Property

Specifies the maximum execution time for a query.

SI_EXPIRY_DATE Property

The expiry date of the license key.

SI_FAIL_ON_A_COMPONENT Property

A Boolean that indicates whether an object package could not be scheduled because a component instance failed.

SI_FAILED_LOGIN_COUNTER_RESET_TIME Property

The length of time that must pass before the count for logon attempts is reset to zero.

SI_FAILEDLOGONCOUNT Property

The number of failed logon attempts since the last successful logon.

SI_FEATURES Property

The features set for a particular file or schedule event.

SI_FILES Property

This collection contains a list of files associated with a report.

SI_FLAGS Property

Indicates the nature of an InfoObject. Each object can have more than one flag.

SI_FORCE_MIXED_CASE Property

Indicates whether passwords must be mixed-case.

SI_FORCE_PASSWORD_CHANGE Property

Indicates whether the user is forced to change the password at the next logon.

SI_FRIENDLY_NAME Property

The server’s friendly name.

SI_GROUP_MEMBERS Property

The collection of users who are members of the group.

SI_GUID Property

Returns the unique global object ID of the infoObject. Indexed.

SI_HASSAVEDDATA Property

Indicates whether a Report object contains saved data.

SI_HASTHUMBNAIL Property

Indicates whether a Report object has a thumbnail image (.jpeg file) associated with it.

SI_HIDDEN_OBJECT Property

This property indicates whether an object is hidden. Indexed.

SI_ID Property

A number that uniquely identifies an object in the BusinessObjects Enterprise system. Indexed.

SI_INSTANCE Property

A Boolean value specifying whether the BusinessObjects Enterprise object is a report instance.

SI_INSTANCE_OBJECT Property

A Boolean value specifying whether the BusinessObjects Enterprise object is a report instance that is the result of a job that has already run. Indexed.

SI_KERBEROS_ENABLED Property

Indicates whether kerberos single sign-on is enabled.

SI_KEYWORD Property

Stores a string value that identifies an InfoObject.

SI_KIND Property

A String value that identifies the BusinessObjects Enterprise object type. Indexed.

SI_LANGUAGE Property

The license key’s valid language.

SI_LAST_ACCESS Property

The last date and time this user accessed the CMS.

SI_LASTLOGONTIME Property

The last date and time this user connected to the CMS.

SI_LAST_RUN_TIME Property

This property stores the date and time when the report was last run.

SI_LAST_SUCCESSFUL_INSTANCE_ID Property

This property stores the ID of the last successful instance that was run on the CMS.

SI_LICENSE_COUNT Property

The number of licenses provided by the license key.

SI_LICENSE_KEY Property

The current license key value.

SI_LICENSE_TYPE Property

The type license key.

SI_LIMIT_COSTESTIMATION Property

Indicates whether the property has been enabled.

SI_LIMIT_EXECUTIONTIME Property

Indicates whether the property has been enabled.

SI_LIMIT_LONGTEXTOBJECTSIZE Property

Indicates whether the property has been enabled.

SI_LIMIT_RESULTSETSIZE Property

Indicates whether the size of the result set has been limited.

SI_LOGON_ALIAS Property

The alias that the user has used to log on to the CMS.

SI_LONGTEXTOBJECTSSIZE_VALUE Property

Specifies the maximum size of a long text object.

SI_MACHINE Property

The ID of the server group used to view the report.

SI_MAPPED_TABLEPREFIX Property

Represents the mapped table prefix.

SI_MARKED_AS_READ Property

Indicates whether the contents of the Inbox object have been examined.

SI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_ATTEMPTS Property

The number of times users can fail to log on to the system before their account is locked.

SI_MAX_PASSWORD_AGE Property

The number of days before the password expires.

SI_MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH Property

The number of characters that a password must have to be valid.

SI_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PASSWORD_CHANGES Property

The number of minutes that must pass before a user can change a password.

SI_MULTIPASS Property

Stores a collection of IDs that represent the user and usergroups scheduled for multi-pass.

SI_NAME Property

Stores the textual name of the object.

SI_NAMEDUSER Property

Returns True if the license being used is named, and False if it is concurrent. Indexed.

SI_NEW_JOB_ID Property

The ID of the new instance that has just been scheduled.

SI_NEXTRUNTIME Property

This property stores the date and time when the report will next be run. Indexed.

SI_NTSERVICE_NAME Property

The Windows NT operating system’s service name.

SI_NUM_ALERTS Property

The number of alerts in the collection. This is a read-only, long value.

SI_OWNER Property

The name of the user who owns a particular object.

SI_OWNERID Property

The SI_OWNERID Property is a number that uniquely identifies the user who owns a particular object. Indexed.

SI_PARENT_CUID Property

Returns the unique cluster ID of the parent InfoObject.

SI_PARENT_FOLDER Property

Identifies the folder that the object belongs to.

SI_PARENT_GUID Property

Returns the unique global object ID of the parent object.

SI_PARENTID Property

Identifies an object’s parent. Indexed.

SI_PASSWORDEXPIRE Property

Returns true if the password is allowed to expire, and false otherwise.

SI_PATH Property

The names of all folders above the folder in question.

SI_PERSONAL_CATEGORIES Property

Returns a collection of top-level category objects.

SI_PLUGIN_CLASSID Property

The Class ID of the plugin.

SI_PLUGIN_DLLNAME Property

Reserved for future versions.

SI_PLUGIN_OBJECT Property

Returns true if the InfoObject is a plugin, and false otherwise. Indexed.

SI_PLUGIN_PINFILE Property

The name of the .pin file that contains the plugin’s information.

SI_PLUGIN_PROCESSINGDLL Property

Reserved for future versions.

SI_PLUGIN_RIGHTS Property

Reserved for future versions.

SI_PLUGIN_VERSION Property

The plugin’s version number.

SI_PRECACHE_HTML Property

Indicates whether the HTML text stream that represents a Web Intelligence document will be pre-loaded into the cache.

SI_PRECACHE_OUTPUTS Property

Contains a collection of information that represents the different output types for a Web Intelligence document.

SI_PRECACHE_PDF Property

Indicates whether the Portable Document Format (PDF) that represents a Web Intelligence document will be pre-loaded into the cache.

SI_PRECACHE_XLS Property

Indicates whether the Microsoft Excel (XLS) format that represents a Web Intelligence document is pre-loaded into the cache.

SI_PRINCIPAL_PROFILES Property

Specifies the principal profiles.

SI_PRINCIPALS Property

Specifies the principals.

SI_PRODUCT_LEVEL Property

The product level.

SI_PRODUCT_NAME Property

The product name.

SI_PRODUCT_VERSION Property

The product version.

SI_PROFILE_PRINCIPALS Property

Specifies the available profile principals.

SI_PROFILE_PUBLICATIONS Property

Specifies the available profile publications.

SI_PROFILE_TARGETS Property

Specifies the profile targets.

SI_PROFILE_VALUES Property

Specifies the profile values.

SI_PROGID Property

A string identifying the name of the object. Indexed.

SI_PROGID_MACHINE Property

The Job Server type that processes an instance of a particular file format.

SI_PUBLICATION_DOCUMENTS Property

Specifies the available types of publication documents.

SI_PUBLICATION_PROFILES Property

Specifies the available publication profiles.

SI_RECURRING Property

Returns true if the InfoObject is a recurring instance, and false otherwise. Indexed.

SI_REENABLE_ACCOUNT_TIME Property

The length of time users must wait before their disabled account is re-enabled.

SI_REFERRAL_PWD Property

The password for the referral account.

SI_REFRESH Property

Returns a value that indicates whether a Web Intelligence document can be refreshed.

SI_REFRESH_OPTIONS Property

An integer that stores the report's refresh options.

SI_REGISTER_TO_CMS Property

Returns true if the server has successfully registered with the CMS name service, and false otherwise.

SI_REPOSITORY_PWD Property

The repository user password.

SI_REPOSITORY_USER Property

The repository user name.

SI_RESULTSETSIZE_VALUE Property

Returns a value which specifies the maximum size of the result set.

SI_RFSH_HITS_DB Property

A boolean indicating whether the viewer refresh hits the database.

SI_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY Property

This property indicates whether a report is based on a secure or an insecure Crystal Reports InfoView.

SI_ROWS Property

A collection of where clauses are defined on the database table that restricts access to rows and limit the results returned by the query.

SI_RUID Property

Returns the object unique ID of the InfoObject in the object package. Indexed.

SI_RUNNABLE_OBJECT Property

Returns True if the report object is runnable, and False otherwise. Indexed.

SI_SCHEDULE_STATUS Property

The current status of the scheduled job. Indexed.

SI_SENDABLE Property

Indicates whether the object can be sent to a destination.

SI_SERVER_DESCRIPTOR Property

The type of BusinessObjects Enterprise server.

SI_SERVER_ID Property

The server ID registered by the Nameserver.

SI_SERVER_IOR Property

The server unique identifier.

SI_SERVER_IS_ALIVE Property

Returns true if the server is alive (running), and false otherwise.

SI_SERVER_KIND Property

The registered server kind.

SI_SERVER_NAME Property

The name of the host machine where the server is running.

SI_SHARE_INTERVAL Property

This is an int32u time interval in seconds.

SI_SHARE_SETTINGS Property

A boolean indicating whether report settings are shared.

SI_SHARING Property

A boolean indicating whether sharing is allowed.

SI_STARTTIME Property

The date and time that the instance began being processed.

SI_STATUS_CHECK_TS Property

Reserved for future versions.

SI_STATUSINFO Property

Returns information about the scheduled object’s status.

SI_STD_KEYCODE_PRESENT Property

A boolean that indicates whether the system is using a BusinessObjects Enterprise express license key.

SI_SUBGROUPS Property

The collection of subgroups in a server or user group.

SI_SYSTEM_OBJECT Property

Indicates whether the BusinessObjects Enterprise object is a system object.

SI_SYSTEM_RIGHTS Property

Reserved for future versions.

SI_TABLEMAPPINGS Property

A collection of table mappings for a given universe.

SI_TABLEPREFIX Property

The report table prefix.

SI_TABLEPREFIXES Property

The report table prefixes.

SI_TIMESTAMP Property

Reserved for future versions.

SI_TURNONREPOSITORY Property

Enables the report to be updated from the report repository when adding or refreshing the report.

SI_TURNONTHUMBNAIL Property

Enables and disables a report’s thumbnail image.

SI_TYPE Property

The type of event.

SI_UNIVERSE Property

Returns the Universe ID that applies to a given Overload object.

SI_UNABLE_TO_REPEAT_LAST_N_PASSWORDS Property

The number of recent passwords that cannot be reused.

SI_UPDATE_TS Property

Indicates the last time the object was modified. Indexed.

SI_USE_OLD_PROMPTSTYLE Property

Indicates whether to refresh a report using the old prompt style.

SI_USEMAPPED Property

The flag indicating the use of a mapped table prefix.

SI_USERFULLNAME Property

The full name of the user.

SI_USERGROUPS Property

The collection of parent groups to which the group or user is a member.

SI_USERID Property

The ID that the user has used to log on to the CMS.

SI_USESAVEDDATA Property

Returns true if data has been saved with a report, and false otherwise.

SI_VIEWER_URL Property

The default viewer URL location.

SI_VARIABLE Property

Specifies the variable.

SI_WEBI Property

Returns a collection of Webi object IDs that are assigned to the given Universe object.






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