Dimension attributes

Dimension attributes can be used to distinguish the different items of a product variant based on a specific property such as the size.

Product/item overview:

Product data table:

In the variation selection menu on the product details page in iSHOP, dimension attributes provide the various options for selecting items.

Variation selection menu:

Using the example of a category attribute with a set of values, this chapter explains how to create a dimension attribute. Here, an attribute is created that represents different clothing sizes.

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Generate attribute

In this step, the attribute is generated:

  1. Call up the attribute configuation of iPIM CC.
  2. Go to the “Configuration” tab.
  3. Click on the CREATE button in the uppermost card. Following this, a new attribute dataset with empty input fields is generated.
  1. In the “Configuration” card, enter an attribute ID in the “Attribute ID” field.
  2. Select the option “List of values, single” from the menu “Attribute type”.
  3. Select the option “Category attribute” from the menu “Scope”.
  4. Select the option “Dimension” from the menu “Attribute level”.
  1. In the “Attribute localizations” card, enter the various multilingual attribute names in the respective fields of the “Name” column.
  2. Click on the SAVE button in the lower right corner to finish the process. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The attribute is now generated and it can be configured further in the following tabs.
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Create values and specify the order

Create values

In this step, the values are created:

  1. Go to the “Values” tab.
  2. Click on the CREATE button in the footer of the lower card to call up the corresponding dialog box.
  1. Enter a value ID in the “Value ID” field.
  2. Enter the values for the various locales. To do so, click on the More button in the “Name” field. Following this, you will be directed to another slider.
  3. Enter the values for the various locales in the respective input fields. You don’t have to fill in all the fields.
  4. Click on the  BACK button to get back to the previous slider.
  5. Possibly make additional settings.
  6. Click on the SAVE button to finish the process. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The value is now created.
  1. Create the remaining values as described above.
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Specify the order

Initially, the values are sorted alphanumerically. In this step, a sorting is specified. Via the sorting, the values are brought into the standard order for clothing sizes, so that the values are shown in iSHOP accordingly:

  1. For the first attribute value, specify a numerical value that determines it’s rank in the order of attribute values. To do so, double-click in the table cell of the “Order” column. 
  2. Enter a numerical value and leave the table cell.
  1. Specify numerical values for all the other attribute values.
  2. Click on the SAVE button to save your input.
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For detailed information about how to put attribute values into a sequence, so that there are shown in this order in “iSHOP”, click here.

Allocate categories

In this step, the relevant categories are allocated to the attribute:

  1. Go to the “Categories” tab.
  2. Click on the ADD button in the footer of the lower card to call up the corresponding dialog box.
  1. Select a taxonomy from the upper menu (in this example “Purchase category version”). Following this, the corresponding category directory is shown below.
  2. Choose the desired category from the category directory.
    Possibly use the text search or the column header tools to filter the list of categories.
  3. Tick the category in order to select it. You can also tick multiple categories.
  4. Click on the SAVE button to finish the process. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The selected category is now assigned to the attribute.
  1. Allocate all the other relevant categories to the attribute as described above.