Creating and activating custom properties
If none of the existing job or document properties meet your specific needs, you can
define custom properties that are tailored to your specifications. After these properties
are activated, you can use them just as you would any other job or document property.
Important: We recommend to not recreate any document properties that have been defined in the
docCustomDefinitions.xml file.
- Click the Administration tab.
- In the left pane, click .
- Click Add.
- Select either Document Property or Job Property.
- Configure the custom property by setting all the values.To find more information about the custom properties values, click the ? button next to a field.
- To activate the custom property, click the switch at the top of the dialog.
- To save the changes and close the dialog, click OK.
- Test the property using different scenarios in a testing environment.We recommend trying the new property in a small number of places that represent your intended usage, to ensure that the property functions as you intend it to.While you can deactivate a custom property to change its configuration, that process affects existing uses of the property. When a custom property is deactivated, all connections to any objects where the custom property was added are lost. The custom property is removed from any objects it was previously connected to. Any commands or processes based on the custom property might not function properly. For example, connector rules that use the property fail to evaluate correctly.After you make your changes, you reactivate the custom property. You need to add the custom property to the objects it was removed from.