Object Parameters

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each activate object can also have any number of parameters defined for it these parameters are used to describe additional information for the object parameters in activate administrator are shown when selecting an object from the tree view on the left each parameter is shown with its name type a short summary of it's value who has the ability to read this parameter (parameters like objects can be secured) you must have read rights to read the value of a parameter the owner of the parameter see parameter owners for more information last modified date last modified by parameter types each parameter can have a specific parameter type the available parameter types are below true left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type parameter owners each parameter in the system has an owner this owner is based on the 'site' that last updated the parameter the owner is used to determine if the parameter has been changed locally activate parameter are the 'system' owner and mean that they have not been changed the local site is generally called 'local' unless changed this means the parameter has been changed locally and will not be overridden when an upgrade is performed parameter inheritance parameters defined at parent objects are inherited by all child objects this works in a similar way to file acl entries in the filesystem hint you can click on the 'more ' button in the parameter view to view all inherited parameters there are a number of rules that control how this works normal rules parameters are inherited by all child objects parameters of the same name override parameters from the parent object this behaviour can be changed using the parameter flags normal rules parameters are inherited by all child objects parameters of the same name override parameters from the parent object this behaviour can be changed using the parameter flags inherit only, not inherited and allow inherited these are detailed below parameter flags parameters have a number of other flags true left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type left unhandled content type parameter history all changes to parameters are logged into history this history can be access by right clicking on the parameter and selected 'all tasks >show history'