{"id":6461,"date":"2024-08-30T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/kb\/uncategorized\/descriptions-of-data-sources-layers-and-attributes\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:11:49","slug":"descriptions-of-data-sources-layers-and-attributes","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/usemaps-documentation\/definitions\/descriptions-of-data-sources-layers-and-attributes\/","title":{"rendered":"Descriptions of Data Sources, Layers, and Attributes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the settings for Data Sources, Layers, and Attributes, you can optionally add a Description. This allows the Administrator to provide Users with precise additional information about a Layer or Attribute.  <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4630 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/menadzer_zrodla_danych-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/menadzer_zrodla_danych-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/menadzer_zrodla_danych-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/menadzer_zrodla_danych-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/menadzer_zrodla_danych-1536x1019.png 1536w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/menadzer_zrodla_danych.png 1703w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Descriptions added in the Source\/Layer Manager will appear in all locations where the layer name is displayed, as a tooltip (information bubble) available by hovering over the question mark icon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4631 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opis_zrodla_danych-1024x298.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opis_zrodla_danych-1024x298.png 1024w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opis_zrodla_danych-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opis_zrodla_danych-768x224.png 768w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opis_zrodla_danych-1536x447.png 1536w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opis_zrodla_danych-2048x596.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a tool that helps build trust in the data and confidence for Users when using the System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the settings for Data Sources, Layers, and Attributes, you can optionally add a Description. This allows the Administrator to provide Users with precise additional information about a Layer or Attribute. Descriptions added in the Source\/Layer Manager will appear in all locations where the layer name is displayed, as a tooltip (information bubble) available by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[83],"knowledgebase_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6461","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-definitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=6461"},{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_tag?post=6461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}