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Defining Field Properties

In the next series of steps you use inheritance to define the properties of fields. Inheritance in CA Plex is defined in a simple, yet powerful way—using the is a verb. Here are the triples you enter in the next series of steps.

Project ID is a FIELDS/Identifier
Project Description is a FIELDS/LongDescription
Project Start Date is a DATE/CheckedDateISO
Project End Date is a DATE/CheckedDateISO

The FIELDS and DATE prefixes indicate that the objects concerned belong to the FIELDS and DATE pattern libraries, respectively.