Dataset Properties

The Dataset Properties Window shows all you have to know or wish to alter about a resource as a whole. You can access different items through the tabs.

Open Dataset Properties window :

• from menu : Dataset > Dataset Properties…
• right-click menu in Dataset List : right-click dataset > Dataset Properties…
• with sort keys : Ctrl+Shift-P

Use this tab to view or edit some general information about the dataset,

• User and unique name
• Format (ovf, omi, shp , …) and type (points, lines, area, image or mixed)
• Scale range limits

See Dataset Properties - General.

Use this tab to view or edit the structural content of the dataset and to define linked databases.
See Dataset Propreties - Contents.

Shows the way the data is graphically displayed on the map view :

• specifies the graphical appearance of your data,
• specifies colors and symbols to the spatial content of the data,
• specifies labels represent attribute values that can be put on top.

See Dataset Properties : Legend and Labeling.

Shows the descriptive data element of the resource.
See Dataset Properties - Attribute Table View.