dataClassAttribute.kind

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4D v17.4



Parameter	Type	Description
dataClassAttribute.kind	String	Kind of the attribute

Description

The dataClassAttribute.kind property returns the category of the attribute. Returned value can be one of the following:

"storage": storage (or scalar) attribute, i.e. attribute storing a value, not a reference to another attribute
"relatedEntity": N -> 1 relation attribute (reference to an entity)
"relatedEntities": 1 -> N relation attribute (reference to an entity selection)

Example

Given the following table and relation:

 C_TEXT($attKind)

 $attKind:=ds.Employee.lastname.kind //$attKind="storage"

 $attKind:=ds.Employee.manager.kind //$attKind="relatedEntity"

 $attKind:=ds.Employee.directReports.kind //$attKind="relatedEntities"