Assigning Attributes to Cases

To define the attributes of a case:

  1. In Navigation View, click the Nodes button.

  2. Click the Cases folder.

  3. In List View, click the required case.

  4. On the Project menu, click Case Properties.

The Case Properties window is displayed.

  1. Click the Attribute Values tab.

  2. In each Value cell, select a value from the drop-down list. Cases must have a value for each attribute. If an attribute is not relevant to a case, you can assign it one of the default values Unassigned or Not Applicable (you can change these default labels in Project Properties).

  1. Click OK.

 

The Attribute Values list is empty if your project does not contain attributes.  Refer to Adding Attributes and Values for information about adding attributes to your project.

If you change the attribute values for a parent case, you will be prompted to apply the changes to the child cases.

Right-click:

  1. In the List View, right-click the required case.

  2. Click the Case Properties option.

  3. Click the AttributeValues tab.

Assign Values in the Casebook:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Casebook.

  2. Click OpenCasebook.

  3. Click in the cell for the required case and attribute.

  4. Select the required value from the drop-down list.

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