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title: View file properties
description: Administrators can view the application file properties of a single record.
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# View file properties

Administrators can view the application file properties of a single record.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to the form view of the configuration record.

    For example, navigate to **All** > **System Definition** > **Business Rules** and select a business rule for the Incident table.

2.  Right-click the form header and select **Show File Properties**.

    \[Omitted image "ShowFileProperties.png"\] Alt text: Show File Properties option

    The Application File table provides the standard fields that define the attributes for the configuration record.

3.  To return to the configuration record view, click the **Show Related Record** related link.

    \[Omitted image "ApplicationFileRecord.png"\] Alt text: Sample application file record

4.  Navigate between a customer update record, the file properties view, and the configuration record view.

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**__Show Related Record__ related link**

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Navigate to the configuration record

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**__Show Parent Record__ related link**

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Navigate to the parent record of the current configuration record.

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**__Descendants__ related link**

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View child configuration records, such as a field label translation.

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