Click the Move icon to move the selected attributes to the Selected Attributes list.

Preparing to Add Content 5-11 You could create an item type called Performance Review and add the Expiration Period attribute to it. You set a default value for the attribute, 01-JAN-2003, so that every Performance Review item added by users expires on this date. Since users do not need to know about or edit this date, you clear the Add Wizard and Edit Wizard check boxes for the attribute. When users add and edit their performance review items, they will not see the Expiration Period attribute even though it is stored for each item.

8. Click OK.

To remove attributes from the item type, select the attributes in the Selected Attributes list, and click the Remove icon.

5.2.2.2.3 Adding a Procedure Call to an Item Type

For an example of how you might use a procedure call in an item type, see: ■ Example 5–1, Adding an HTTP Procedure Call to an Item Type ■ Example 5–2, Adding a PLSQL Procedure Call to an Item Type To add a procedure call to an item type: 1. Use the Navigator to browse to the item type that you want to edit. To get to the Navigator click the Navigator link on any page. By default you can find a Navigator link on the Portal Builder page.

2. In the row for the item type, click the Edit link.

3. Click the Procedures tab.

4. From the Type list, choose whether the call is to an HTTP or PLSQL procedure.

5. In the Procedure Call field, enter one of the following:

■ The URL of the HTTP procedure, including the protocol used to access it, for example: http:www.mycompany.comsearchindex.html ■ The name of the PLSQL procedure. The procedure must already exist in the database and must be prefixed with its owning schema, for example: SCOTT.MY_PROC Tip: If you intend any of the attributes that you add to include important information that you want users to see immediately, you should instruct page designers to display those attributes in the regions on their pages. See Section 10.2.9, Changing the Attributes Displayed in a Region Note: The total length of the procedure call including any parameters must not exceed 2000 bytes. If the item procedure has too many parameters or parameter values with a large number of characters, some of the parameters or parameter values will be excluded to ensure that the limit is not reached. Tip: If the item type is shared or is one of the built-in item types, it will be in the Shared Objects page group. See Section 4.6, Sharing Objects Across Page Groups