Changing name of custom attribute

Products

• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration

Issue/Introduction

We need to change the  AttributeName of a custom attribute that was defined incorrectly.  Currently it is "Incorrect_1" We would like it to be "Correct_1" - how can we achieve this?

 

http://<DA>:8581/rest/customattributedefinition/12345

<CustomAttributeDefinition version="1.0.0">
<ID>12345</ID>
<Label>Correct 1</Label>
<Storage>
<AttributeName>Incorrect_1</AttributeName>
<Type>String</Type>
<ItemType>Device</ItemType>
</Storage>
<Description>Correct 1</Description>
<Hidden>true</Hidden>
<Internal>
<AttributeQName>{http://im.ca.com/inventory}DeviceCustomAttributes.Incorrect_1</AttributeQName>
<ColumnName>custd_Incorrect_1</ColumnName>
</Internal>
</CustomAttributeDefinition>

 

 

Cause

Only the label, description and hidden fields are updateable. The rest should be locked

Environment

Release : 21.2

Component :

Resolution

In this case, since the fields that the customer would like to update are Attribute Name, Attribute Q Name and Column, these cannot be updated

1. Create another custom attr then and use it.   Just never use Custom_3

2. Set Custom_3 Hidden to true to make sure it doesn't appear in UI for Inventory views.

Additional Information

The <Internal> section should never be touched.   That's how DA stores the column in PC and DA databases