Container element properties

Open the Properties view in Document Studio and select a Container element. The Properties view displays these available properties for containers.


General properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level, in the Metadata, and in the Formatting > Common sections.

Type Value Description
Tag String Tag name for the element. This property cannot be edited.
Name String The name of the element.
Description String A summary or note about this element.
Assignment String The variables that are assigned to the element.
Condition String A script that can apply variables or attributes as conditions on the element.
Master page String Name of the master page applied to the element
Force page change true, false When true, a page break is inserted if current master page is similar to previous one
Heading level offset 0 to 20 Increases the heading level by the specified number of pixels
Target region String Writes current element in the specified region


Data properties

The Data tab is only visible in the Properties view when there is a query added to the element. In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level and in the Data sections.

Type Value Description
Data Source String The data source schema name. You cannot edit this property. Example: Generic XML 1
Context String If the query is on an element nested within another element, the context of the parent element is listed for this property. You cannot edit this property. Example: $7 is the context for the parent element.
Query String The name of the query as specified in the data source schema.
Sort String The Rational® Publishing Engine or native sort applied to the element.
Limit String Enter a number to generate only a certain number of data values in your output.
Filter String The Rational Publishing Engine or native filter applied to the element.
Recursive Level Number The number of times the recursive segments in the query are repeated. Example, In the query Module/Object/Link/Linked Object, if you entered 2 for the recursive segment value and 3 for the recursive level value, Link/Linked Object would repeated 3 times. The resulting query is Module/Object/Link/Linked Object/Link/Linked Object/Link/Linked Object.
Recursive Segments Number The number of segments in the query that are to be repeated. Example: In the query Module/Object/Link/Linked Object, if you entered 2 for the recursive segment value, Link/Linked Object are the segments that are repeated.

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