Dataset Properties - General

General properties provide information about the resource. A preferred User Name and Scale Limits are two items you can alter.

The name the user gives to the Dataset for easy reading. This name appears in the Dataset List and throughout the application. You can alter the name - press Apply. You can see the altered name in the Dataset List.

The original Resource name.

The physical storage format of the Resource e.g. shp, bmp, oid…

The physical location of the Resource, either a file system, database or server.

When, regarding the visibility of a dataset, displaying is only useful within a scale range, specify the range in this properties window. See also Setting the scale range using the Dataset Menu.

When setting “Show when display scale is between :” on, be sure to enter both scales.

You can use the current scale to set as Largest or Smallest scale using the Dataset Menu.