In DX it's called additional abilities. This actually makes available the DX Plugins. So, if you were building a clock you would be adding the Analog Clock 2 ability to your object. If you are talking about an existing clock then since you have already cleared the cache and that doesn't work then a next possible step would be to delete the one you have on your pc and re-download it from WC.
Also, as Richard said you need to have the Analog Clock 2 Plugin on your PC. You should have it if clocks worked for you before. There's a Plugin folder in your DX folder. Look here for:
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\DesktopX\SDPlugins\SDAnalogClock2.Dll
This is the Plugin you need that comes with DX.