# Defining Business Component Properties and Values

While editing an entity object with the Entity Object Editor, editing entity attributes in the Attribute Editor, editing a view object in the View Object Editor, editing an application module with the Application Module Editor, or editing a view attribute in the Attribute Editor, you can use the Property page to add a property. You can also add and edit values for existing properties, and delete properties.

With this page, you can supply your own name/value pairs of business component metadata which the framework can access at runtime. Properties are often user-supplied data that provide hints, UI formatting clues, notes to users, and so on. You can set custom properties on entity objects, view objects, domains, and application modules, as well as the individual attributes of an entity or a view object.

Field | Description
Name | You can enter an attribute property name directly in the field or choose a property from the drop-down list. The drop-down list will contain some default property names, as well as property names recently used.
Value | Enter a value for the property displayed in the Name field.
Add | After entering a property name and value, click Add to apply them to the object. The name and value appear in the Properties pane. If you attempt to add a property that has the same name as an existing property, the existing property will be replaced with the new value.
Update | To change the value of a property, select the property in the list, edit the Value field, and click Update.
Delete | To delete a property from the object, click the property name in the Properties pane and click Delete.
Properties | The Properties pane lists the properties currently applied to the object. Selecting an item will put the selected property name and value in the appropriate fields

#### To add a new property:

- Type a property name and value, and then click Add.

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