User settings

This chapter provides an overview of the effects the various user settings have.

Global

Synchronize context selection

Via this toggle switch you can set wether the selected context is automatically synchronized across all the toolbox apps.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The context selection is synchronized. Before switching the app
After switching the app
Deactivated
(Off)
The context selection is not synchronized. When switching the app, the context selection jumps back to the client level. Before switching the app
After switching the app

In this example, “Customer” is the client level.

Synchronize locale selection

Via this toggle switch you can set wether the selected locale is automatically synchronized across all the toolbox apps.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The locale is synchronized. Before switching the app
After switching the app
Deactivated
(Off)
The locale is not synchronized. When switching the app, the locale selection jumps back to the default locale of the client. Before switching the app
After switching the app

In this example, the default locale of the client is “German”.

Transfer product number

Via this toggle switch you can set wether a product number, that was searched for via the search function of a particular app, is transfered to the search function of other apps when switching to these apps.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The product number that was searched for is transfered. Before switching the app
After switching the app
Deactivated
(Off)
The product number that was searched for is not transfered. Before switching the app
After switching the app

Pin/unpin search mask

First introduced in version 5.5.1: Via this toggle switch you can set whether the left-hand card with the search mask is pinned by default.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The left-hand card is expanded by default.
Deactivated
(Off)
The left-hand card is collaped by default.

Adjust digital asset size

First introduced in version in version 5.5.3: Via this toggle switch you can set whether the size of images in the digital asset column of a table is adjusted according to the column width.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The size of digital assets adjusts to the column width.
Deactivated
(Off)
The size of digital assets does not adjust to the column width.

Customizations

Order the tabs of the tabs of the “Product details” app

First introduced in version 5.5.1: At this point you can set a customized order for the various tabs of the “Product details” app.

  1. Click on the Tab button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
  2. Make the desired changes:
    • In order to move a tab to a particular position in the order of tabs, click on the Drag button in the respective table row, hold the mouse button down, drag the tab to the desired position and release the mouse button.
    • In order to move a tab all the way to the right, move the mouse cursor over the respective table cell and click on the Arrow bottom button of the mouseover menu bar.
    • In order to move a tab one place to the right, move the mouse cursor over the respective table cell and click on the button of the mouseover menu bar.
    • In order to move a tab all the way to the left, move the mouse cursor over the respective table cell and click on the Arrow top button of the mouseover menu bar.
    • In order to move a tab one place to the left, move the mouse cursor over the respective table cell and click on the button of the mouseover menu bar.
  3. Click on the ACCEPT button to save your settings.

Default article selection

First introduced in version 5.6.2: Via this menu, it can be specified which product structure levels of a product are preselected when calling up a product in the “Product details” app:

  1. In the “Default article selection” line, click on theDropdownbutton to expand the corresponding menu.
  2. Click on the appropriate action wo select it:
    • All: The called-up product and its variants and items are preselected.
    • None: Nothing is preselected.
    • Product: Only the product is preselected.
    • Items: The items of the called-up product are preselected.
    • Variants: The variants of the called-up product are preselected.
Note
Up to version 5.6.1, the property ipim.web.toolbox-select.default-selection is used to specify which product structure levels are preselected. In order to learn more, click here.

Restore target item for product relations

First introduced in version 5.5.2: Via this toggle switch you can set whether the most recently used target item is preselected when calling up the dialog box for creating a product relation.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
When calling up the dialog box, the search target item field is pre-filled with the target item used most recently is
Deactivated
(Off)
When calling up the dialog box, the search target item field is empty.
Note
Wenn für ein aufgerufenes Produkt noch keine Produktrelation eingerichtet wurde, ist beim Öffnen des Dialogfensters das Produkt selbst vorausgewählt.

Worklists

Synchronize worklist

Via this toggle switch you can set wether table settings such as column filters as well the attribute selection are synchronized across all worklists.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The column filters and the attribute selection are synchronized. Before switching the worklist
After switching the worklist
Deactivated
(Off)
The column filters and the attribute selection are not synchronized. Before switching the worklist
After switching the worklist

Synchronize worklist across apps

First introduced in version 5.5.0: Via this toggle switch you can set wether table settings such as column filters as well the attribute selection that were made for a particular worklist are synchronized across all apps, so that when calling up the same worklist in another app, the table settings are restored.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The column filters and the attribute selection are synchronized. Before switching the app
After switching the app and calling up the worklist
Deactivated
(Off)
The column filters and the attribute selection are not synchronized. Before switching the app
After switching the app and calling up the worklist

Synchronize data views

Via this toggle switch you can set wether in worklists table settings such as column filters as well the attribute selection are synchronized across all data views (product, variant, item).

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The column filters and the attribute selection are synchronized. Before switching the data view
After switching the data view
Deactivated
(Off)
The column filters and the attribute selection are not synchronized. Before switching the data view
After switching the data view

Apply selected worklists

Since 5.4.1: Via this toggle switch you can set you can set whether the selection of products in the sequential editing mode of the “Product details” app is automatically updated when you select another worklist in the “Worklists” app. This section explains this user setting using the example of the active state.

Call up products in the sequential editing mode

In order to call up the products of a worklist in the sequential editing mode, proceed as follows:

  1. Move the “Apply selected worklists” toggle switch to the On position.
  1. Go to the “Worklists” app and call up a worklist.
  1. Go to the “Product details” app.
  2. Call up the “Selection” widget.
  3. From the menu, select the option “Active worklist”.
  4. Click on “Activate” to activate the sequential editing mode. Following this, the products from the worklist are called up, whereby you can use the navigation bar to switch from product to product in order to edit them parallely.

Call up products from another worklist in the sequential editing mode

In order to call up the products from another worklist in the sequential editing mode, proceed as follows:

  1. Go to the “Workslists” app and select another worklist.
  1. Go back to the “Product details” app. There, the products are called up and you can use the navigation bar to switch between the products in order to edit them parallely.

Data

Restore table filters

Via this toggle switch you can set wether column filters of tables are restored after a reload (e. g. by saving).

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
Column filters are restored.
Deactivated
(Off)
Column filters are not restored.

Apply row selection

Via this toggle switch you can set whether selected table rows are to be selected across the board, so that selected rows remain selected if you switch the context level, the locale level, the worklist etc.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
Ticked table rows remain ticked after switching the locale, the context, the worklist etc.
Deactivated
(Off)
Ticked table rows do not remain ticked.
Note
In order to transfer the selection of table rows from one worklist to another, you additionally have to activate the “Synchronize worklist” toggle switch.

Meta definitions

Via this toggle switch you can set wether in the “Attributes” tab of the “Product details” app, meta attributes definitions are displayed instead of the corresponding meta attributes when the “Attributes” data view is active.

 
State Description Example
Activated
(On)
Only the meta definition attributes are shown whereby it is recognisable to which meta attribute a meta definition attribute belongs (Notation: Meta-def-attribute@meta-attribute).
Deactivated
(Off)
Initially the meta attributes are shown. The subordinate meta definition attributes need to be expandanded using thebutton.

Automatic search

Via this toggle switch you can set wether a search operation with the search parameters used most recently is triggered automatically when accessing the “Search” app or the “Product reviews” app.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
When calling up an app, a search operation using the most recently used search parameters is carried out. Search mask when calling up an app Table when calling up an app
Deactivated
(Off)
When calling up an app, no search operation is carried out. The search needs to be carried out manually using the “SEARCH” button. Search mask when calling up an app Table when calling up an app

Attribute ID

Via this toggle switch you can set wether in a table header the attribute IDs are displayed next to the attribute names.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
Apart from the attribute name, column headers also shows the attribute ID.
Deactivated
(Off)
Only attribute names are shown in column headers.

Select cell content automatically

Via this toggle switch you can set whether the cell content of ordinary table cells is automatically selected when the table cell is selected.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The cell content is marked automatically when selecting a table cell.
Deactivated
(Off)
When selecting a table cell, only a cursor is placed in the table cell.

Date/time format

Via this menu you can set the date and time format.

State Example
Short (12/05/2021, 15:36)
Medium (12 May 2021, 15:37:00)
Long (12 May 2021 at 15:38:00 CEST)
Full (Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 15:39:00 Central European Summer Time)

Show list of values identifiers

First introduced in version 5.6: Via this toggle switch you can set whether in menus for selecting values of list of values attributes, the value IDs of values are shown next to the values.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
The value IDs are shown.
Deactivated
(Off)
The value IDs are not shown.

Use datepicker

First introduced in version 5.4.3: Via this toggle switch you can set whether a datepicker menu is used to enter values for date as well as date and time attributes.

State Description Example
Activated
(On)
Date and time values can be entered via a datepicker menu.
  1. Double-click in the table cell.
  2. Click on the Calendar button to call up the datepicker menu.
  1. Select a date.
  2. Select a time of the day.
  3. Click on Accept to finalise the data input.
  4. Click on the “SAVE” button below the table to save the entered value.
Deactivated
(Off)
Date and time values are entered directly in the table cell.    

Texts

Locale/text type priorization

When a product, a variant or an item is selected in the text creation dialog box, the dialog box restores the most recent settings regarding the context, the text type and the locale. Depending on the user configuration settings, the locale is prioritized over the text type or vice versa.

State Description Example
On (Locale > Text type) The locale is prioritized.
Aus (Text type > Locale) The text type is prioritized.