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Notes (Node Property of All Schemas)

 

Use the Notes property to enter notes, such as comments that are related to the business process, that you would like to make about the selected Record, Field Element, or Field Attribute node.

Applies to Nodes of Type

Record, Field Element, Field Attribute

Category

BizTalk

Allowed Values

Any string, without a specific maximum limit. In practice, however, it is not advisable to burden your schemas with very large notes.

Default Value

None.

XSD Persistence

For Record nodes, as the value of the notes attribute of the element/annotation/appinfo/recordInfo element.

For Field Element nodes, as the value of the notes attribute of the element/annotation/appinfo/fieldInfo element.

For Field Attribute nodes, as the value of the notes attribute of the attribute/annotation/appinfo/fieldInfo element.

Remarks

You can examine and set this property in the Visual Studio Properties window when you select a Record, Field Element, or Field Attribute node in BizTalk Editor.

You can type notes directly into the Notes property value field, or you can click the ellipsis (...) button located to the right of the Notes property value field to open the Notes dialog box, in which you can type your notes into a multi-line edit box.

For example, you might want to provide a note when a particular element in an instance message contains confidential information. You might then want to add note to the corresponding Record or Field Element node that says:

"The data in this record is confidential. Do not distribute it outside this company."

Such a note might prevent someone creating a map with this schema from inadvertently mapping that data into instance messages that circulate outside the company.

See Also

Node Properties of All Schemas