--- title: Attribute table description: The Attribute \[sn\_hcls\_characteristic\_attribute\] table stores the characteristics options associated with a program or program service selected by a patient when submitting a healthcare request. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/healthcare-life-sciences/healthcare-and-life-sciences-service-management-core/hcls-attribute.html release: australia product: Healthcare and Life Sciences Service Management Core classification: healthcare-and-life-sciences-service-management-core topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Data model tables, Reference, Healthcare and Life Sciences Service Management Core, Healthcare and Life Sciences Service Management, Healthcare and Life Sciences] --- # Attribute table The Attribute \[sn\_hcls\_characteristic\_attribute\] table stores the characteristics options associated with a program or program service selected by a patient when submitting a healthcare request. ## Key features - Associates entities with a healthcare case type. - Stores the association between the Program \[sn\_hcls\_program\], Program Service \[sn\_hcls\_program\_service\], Characteristic \[sn\_prd\_pm\_characteristic\], Characteristic Option \[sn\_prd\_pm\_characteristic\_option\], and the healthcare case type tables. Role required to configure the table: sn\_hcls.admin. For more information, see [Healthcare and Life Sciences data model](). **Parent Topic:**[Healthcare and Life Sciences data model tables](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/healthcare-life-sciences/healthcare-and-life-sciences-service-management-core/hcls-healthcare-data-tables.md)