I think Vault should introduce many-to-many or one-to-many user defined properties. They could use the same list of values that the properties use today. This is a gap that prevents certain data from being managed in Vault.
While it may be possible to work around this gap, it makes the data a little more abstract and harder for users to understand and maintain. It is possible to use a comma separated list in the property to achieve this, but there is no validation from a list of values. The data becomes harder to interface with because the comma separated list would need to be parsed every time it is used.
For properties that use the list of values, the user would be presented with the list of values and a checkbox per value. The user can select multiple values for the same property. These properties would still be searchable both individually or in multiples.
For example:
My user defined property could be Manufacturer. A part can have multiple manufacturers. I would like to select from a list which manufacturers apply. It may be none, one, or many manufacturers. I would like to search for all parts built by a certain manufacturer, or even multiple manufacturers (Eaton AND GE AND Schneider).
Thanks
