Skip to main content

Item context

Identify protected items​

Items have a Context property to help you differentiate between blueprinted system items (protected) and those created by your organisation (which you can edit freely).

To check the context of an item:

  1. In the relevant Alloy app, select an item to open it and view its details.

  2. Scroll to the Settings section.

The Settings section of an example item showing its Context property

Context types​

The possible context types are:

  • Core - the item is provided with Alloy and required for system functionality, so it can't be deleted. You can only edit the item's Colour and Icon properties, along with the values of any custom attributes that your organisation has added to the item's design.

  • Module - the item belongs to an optional module that was installed. Same restrictions as Core items.

  • Package - the item was created by our system architects as part of a custom solution for your organisation. Same restrictions as Core items.

  • Customer - the item was created by your organisation. Therefore, you can freely edit or delete it, providing your user account has permission to do so.

Note

Some modules provide Customer context items as pre-made examples, e.g. the Grounds module contains thousands of Species items. They aren't essential to the module's functionality, so you're free to use, modify or discard them.