Attribute Groups

Attributes in feed® are organized into groups. An attribute must belong to one and only one group.

As a result of this, the first thing you see when you enter the Basic data for attributes is an overview of existing groups (side menu: Basic Data - Product - Attribute group). 

Here you can create new groups by pressing the shortcut "c", or by clicking on the large round + icon in the lower right corner.
An attribute group consists only of a name (which can be translated into enabled languages) and an import code used by the API.

To work with attributes, you must first create or select the desired group, and then proceed to an overview of attributes for the chosen group.

Sort order

This icon opens a list of attribute groups or attributes in sorted order. Here you can change the sorting order using drag & drop. This will determine the order in which they appear inside the product card in feed®

Searches

If you don't remember where to find an attribute, use search to quickly locate the Basic data for the desired attribute.

Attributes

When one is inside the selected group, one can create a new attribute by pressing the shortcut key "C" or the + icon at the bottom right (1.). Or one can edit an existing attribute by clicking on it (2.). In both cases, a detail window for the attribute opens where you register/edit the desired data.

All attributes can have the following flags:

• Read-only
  This indicates that the field is read-only in the feed® portal, and is typically used if the field is owned and maintained by an external system and kept up to date via an API integration
• Mandatory
  This is a purely visual tool to highlight that this attribute should have a specified value. If it does not have a value, it will be marked in red.

An attribute can have one of the following data types:

• Text.
  This is a pure text field where, similar to text fields that are a separate master data type, but grouped together with other attributes and normally used for shorter data fields that require free text values. You can specify a maximum length for text attributes, 0 = no limitation.
• Universal text.
  This is almost identical to regular "Text" above with one important exception. This attribute can/does not need to be translated into other languages.
• Integer.
  Can only be used to specify integer values, and it is possible to define it as a "range" attribute. This means that you get 2 input fields where you can enter from - to values as integers.
• Float.
  Similar to Integer above, but with support for decimals.
• Date.
  Used where there is a need to specify a date, as with Integer and Float, you can also specify a "range" here and can specify a from date and to date to define a period.
• Checkbox.
  This becomes a checkbox where practically there are 3 possible values. "undefined", "not selected/no", "selected/yes". For products where it has not been actively specified whether an attribute of this type is selected or not selected, the value will be "undefined". Exporters must take this into account and handle these correctly.
• Data Register.
  Where one wants to define valid values for an attribute and not just a free text field, we recommend using "data registry" or "multi-choice data registry" depending on whether there is only one or multiple valid choices that can be selected. Here, one must have defined a data registry first (see here for more information on data registry).
• Data Register Multi-choice.
  Same as "Data Register" above, but here you can choose multiple values as selected.

Additional information:
On Integer and Float you get to add Unit to attributes so the value type is easily identified. This information can also be extracted in our API.

To add or deactivate Units available, go to Basic data - Product - Unit.

Product templates

When an attribute has been created it yet to be visible at any products. One very important step that is easily forgotten remains... One must specify which product templates this attribute should be visible on. An attribute that does not belong to a product template will in practice not be visible or accessible via API for any products... So if you have created a new attribute and do not see it on your products, this is most likely the step you have forgotten!

This icon behind each attribute opens the feature to select which product templates this attribute should be visible for.

On the left side, an overview of available product types defined in their feed® is displayed, that are not already selected. (See here for more information about product types)

On the right side (Chosen), the product types in which the attribute will be visible are displayed.

One can move desired product types between "Available" and "Selected" with drag & drop, or by clicking on desired product types and then on the right or left single arrow depending on whether you want to add or remove the attribute to a product template.

If you click on one of the the double arrows, ALL the product templates will be moved to Available or Chosen. 

When you are happy with your Chosen selection of product templates, press "Update" to save the selection, or "Cancel" to exit the function without updating changes.

Change group

 This icon behind each attribute allows one to move the attribute to another group if desired, click on this icon and then select the desired group to move the attribute to from the list that appears