Delegated properties are properties that exist in one type that you want to include in a type you're creating. For example, say you're creating a type called Band Leader and you want to use the Place Musical Career Began property from Musical Artist as part of your type schema. You could delegate this property to your type either through the schema editor or the filter table view of your new type.
There are a couple important things to keep in mind about delegated properties:
- They can be added to existing types or new ones
- You cannot rename a delegated property
- You cannot change the expected type of a delegated property
- Once you've entered a value for a delegated property, you can't change the source property it points to. You have to either hide the property or delete it entirely.
- Changing the value for a source property in a topic will affect the delegated property in in the same topic. For example, if Duke Ellington was typed as both a Musical Artist and a Band Leader, and both share the property Place Musical Career Began as a delegated property, then changing the value of that property in either type will be reflected in the other.
Check out Using the Filter View and Creating New Types with the Schema Editor for more detailed instructions on how to create delegated properties.
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