Using expressions in text properties

In the Styling Customizer, for styling properties with a text value, you can directly enter references to model attributes or expressions containing references to model attributes.
  1. If you do not have the ArizonaLogical example open, click File > Open and navigate to the ArizonaLogical.idpr file.
  2. Click Open.
  3. Select the node rule.
  4. Change the value of the name parameter to @id in the Styling Customizer.
  5. Press Enter.
    The names of the cities appear in the nodes, see the following figure.
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Data model attribute values in a diagram
By default, name is set to @name , but in the Arizona data model, there is no attribute called name , instead the city names are mapped to the attribute called id .
Note that if you create property in Diagram Editing Mode, it is a text property.