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Use of getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition Method While creating Table Views from Table Builders?

  • June 19, 2025
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The PTC Help Center recommends overriding the getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition() method to include new attributes.
However, when I click "Customize" in the table view, all attributes for the selected object type already appear under "Set Column Display."

Is there a specific reason or scenario where overriding getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition() is needed?

 

 

Best answer by TDT

The getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition method is used to define a custom table column that is not stored in or related to any object, and to display its value using a data utility

 

The getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition is used along with getOOTBTableViews

 

@Override
public List<?> getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition(Locale locale) {
 
ArrayList localArrayList = new ArrayList();
localArrayList.add(AttributeHelper.newStringAttribute("customAttribute",
WTMessage.getLocalizedMessage(TestResource.class.getName(), "CUSTOM_ATTRIBUTE", null, locale)));
return localArrayList;
}
 
The customAttribute is used as the selector value to register the data utility.
 
 

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January 12, 2026

The getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition method is used to define a custom table column that is not stored in or related to any object, and to display its value using a data utility

 

The getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition is used along with getOOTBTableViews

 

@Override
public List<?> getSpecialTableColumnsAttrDefinition(Locale locale) {
 
ArrayList localArrayList = new ArrayList();
localArrayList.add(AttributeHelper.newStringAttribute("customAttribute",
WTMessage.getLocalizedMessage(TestResource.class.getName(), "CUSTOM_ATTRIBUTE", null, locale)));
return localArrayList;
}
 
The customAttribute is used as the selector value to register the data utility.
 
 
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