In this tab you can assign categories to category attributes. The respective attributes will be assigned to the products, variants and items in the corresponding categories. Since version 5.5.3 also product-category-relation attributes can be related to particular categories so that their use is limited to the related category nodes
User interface
Selection menu: Menu that is used to select an attribute.
: Button that is used to create an empty attribute dataset (deactivated in this tab).
Delete (
): Button that is used to delete the called-up attribute.
Tab bar: Tab list to access the various parts of the attribute configuration.
Context: Menu for selecting a context level.
Free-text search: Search field for entering a search term by which the shown categories are filtered.
Reset (
): Button that is used to reset the free-text search.
Category table: Table that shows the categories related to the called-up attribute.
: Customized button to which the various actions from the action menu can be allocated so that you do not have to call them up via the action menu whenever you want to use them. The respective actions can be allocated to the button via drag & drop. And they can be removed in the same way. Each allocation of actions only applies to the logged-in user.
: Button that is used to remove category relations from the called-up attribute.
: Button to call up the dialog box where categories to be related to the called-up attribute can be selected.
Create category allocations
In order to assign a category to an attribute, proceed as follows:
- Select the attribute as described here.
- Click on the button in the footer to call up the corresponding dialog box will.
- Select the superordinate taxonomy of the category from the menu. Following this, the category directory of the taxonomy is shown below the menu.
- Choose the category from the category directory. Possibly use the free-text search* to fileter the category list by a search term.
- In the category directory, tick the category in order to select it.** You can also select multiple categories.
- In order to finish the process, click on the button.
A success message is shown. From now on the attribute is assigned to all the products in the selected category. - In order to cancel the process, click on the button.
Edit category allocations
In order to edit the properties of a category allocation, proceed as follows:
- Select the respective attribute as described here. Afterwards the corresponding category allocations are shown in the table.
- Double-click in the table cell you want to edit.
- Make the desired changes.
- Leave the table cell.
- Possibly make further changes to other table cells.
- In order to save your changes, click on the button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear.
- In order to dismiss your changes, click on the button.
Revoke category allocations
In order to revoke a category allocation from an attribute, proceed as follows:
- Select the respective attribute as described here. Afterwards the corresponding category allocations are shown in the table.
- Tick the category allocation which you want to revoke from the selected attribute.
- Click on the button in the footer. Following this, the
CLICK TO CONFIRM button appears. - Click on the CLICK TO CONFIRM button to confirm the revoking of the selected category allocation. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear and the revoked category allocation will vanish from the list.
FAQ
Does a category assignment also apply to the respective subcategories?
The category assignment automatically applies to the subcategories of a selected category as well, so the assigned attribute does not need to be added individually for each subcategory.