GetAttributeDescription

Use this function to return the description of the specified attribute. The description is returned as a string.

Syntax

GetAttributeDescription( "AttrClass", "AttrName" [, "LanguageCode"])

where:

• AttrClass is the Attribute class. Select from the following:

  AttrClass	Description
  SYSTEM	Describes the entire system at the highest level. Attributes of this Attribute class specify system-wide characteristics.
  USER	Describes the Attributes of a particular user.
  SYMBOL	Describes the characteristics of individual symbols.

• AttrName is the name of the attribute whose description you wish to retrieve.
• LanguageCode is the optional language code, with a default value of EN.

Syntax example

SET VARIABLE attrDescription = GetAttributeDescription( "SYSTEM", "ASReportingPeriod", "EN")