Attributes and the corresponding attribute values represent the specific properties of a product and its variants and items. The “Attributes” app offers multiple options to edit attribute values. You can either edit the values of single attributes or you can use an edit function to edit the values of multiple attributes at once.
User interface
Search
"Pin/Detach" (
/
): Buttons to attach resp. detach (collapse) the "Search" card.
"Product/Item number": Input field to enter a product resp. item number, that is to be searched for.
"Status": Chip that indicates the status of the called-up product:
- ACTIVE: The product has the status "Active". That means the "Deleted [iPIM]" menu on the dashboard is set to NO.
- DELETED: The product has the status "Deleted". That means the "Deleted [iPIM]" menu on the dashboard is set to YES.
- ARCHIVED: The product is archived. The display of this status is prioritized over the other statusses.
“Locale”: Menu to select one or multiple locales whose product data is shown in the “Product structure/Attribute” table when the localized view is active. Click here to learn more.
: Button zum Zurücksetzen der Suche.
: Button that is used to trigger the search. Once the search was carried out, the product that was captured by the search is shown below the search fields.
"Expand/collapse all" (
/
): Buttons that are used to expand resp. collapse the product structure of the called-up product.
"Filter configuration" (
): Button that is used to call up the dialog box to filter the variants and items of the called-up product by dimensioning attributes or item numbers (since version 5.5.1).
Product structure: Product structure of the called-up product.
"Select all" (
): Checkbox that can be used to select the called-up product as well as all the shown variants and items.
Checkboxes (
): Checkboxes that are used to select the called-up product resp. individual variants or items. Once selections are made, the according data is shown in the Product structure/Attribute.
Table widget
"Free-text search": Search field for entering a search term according to which the data in the "Product structure/Attribute" table is filtered.
"Restore" (
): Icon that is used to reset the free-text search.
: Button that is used to show resp. hide the various menus for selecting a data level.
"Show relevant attributes": Link that is used to show all the relevant attributes. This comprises standard attributes as well as category attributes of the respective category.
: Button to call up the dialog box where you can select the attributes that are to be shown in the "" table as the various columns.
"Show relevant attributes": Link that is used to show all the relevant attributes. This comprises standard attributes as well as category attributes of the respective category.
Data view: Menu to select if the shown product data is shown from the article perspective or from the attribute perspective.
“Data view”: Menu that is used to switch between a localized and a non-localized view. In the localized view, only data from a single locale is shown. In the localized view, data from multiple locales is shown. Click here to learn more.
"Context": Menu for selecting a context level. Using contexts, you can store product data on several data planes so that an attribute can have different values which depend on the respective context. In order to select a context level, choose the corresponding context from the menu.
"Product structure/Attribute": Table that shows the product data of the called-up product as well as its variante and items, whereby these need to be ticked in the "Search" card, so that their data is shown in the table.
Action menu (
): Icon that is used to show the action menu that contains various actions that can be applied to the table entries shown in the table.
: 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 changes that were made to attributes Click here to learn more.
: Button that is used to call up a dialog box in which changes can be made to multiple attributes at once. Click here to learn more.
Usage
Data display
Show/hide attributes
Some attributes are included in the table by default. Other attributes are displayed optionally. In order to include optional attributes in the table, proceed as follows:
- Click on the button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
- Optional: Enter a search term in the search field
to filter the list of attributes by a search term. - Select an attribute. You can also select multiple attributes:
- To select an attribute, transfer it from the left column
to the right column 
. To do so, click on the attribute 
. - To deselect an attribute, transfer it from the right column back to the left column. To do this, click on the attribute.
- To select an attribute, transfer it from the left column
- To finalise the attribute selection, click on the button
. 
The dialog box closes and the selected attribute resp. the selected attributes are shown in the table. - To cancel the attribute selection, click on the button
.
- Click here to learn more about the handling of the dialog box for selecting attributes.
- In some sections, the button for calling up the dialog box possesses the
button. Via this button you can call up attribute profiles with a pre-selected group of attributes directly. Click here to learn more. - Using the
icon and the 
icon you can transfer all the attributes from one column to the other column at once.
Localized/non-localized view
You can choose between the “Non-localized view” and the “Localized view”. If you select the option “Non-localized view”, you will only see product data of a single language plane, even if you selected multiple languages in the “Locale” menu. If you select the option “Localized view”, you can see the product data of all the selected data language planes.
- In order to choose between the localized and the non-localized view, select the corresponding option from the “Display” menu.
- In order to be able to edit attribute values in the localized view, select the option “Attributes” from the “Data view” menu.
- Since version 5.6.3: If the non-localized view is set, the language selection menu in the “Product search” card is blocked and attributes can only be edited on the locale which is selected via the user interface language menu in the header of the user interface.
Edit attribute values
You have different options to edit attribute values. You can either edit single attribute values by clicking in the respective table cell and make the desired changes, or you can edit multiple attribute values simultaneously using the editing function.
Edit single attribute values
You can edit the attribute values of particular attributes individually. To do so, proceed as follows:
- Double-click in the table cell you want to edit.
- Make the desired changes and leave the table cell.
- Possibly make further changes to other table cells.
- Click on the button to save your changes. A success message is shown.
icon if an attribute value can be edited. Table cells with this icon cannot be edited on the respective level. Table cells without this icon can be edited.
- By clicking on the right-hand mouse button you can call up the context menu. Among other things, the context menu contains actions that can be applied to the table data. This includes actions that can be used to copy the content of a table cell to other table cells. Click here to learn more about this matter.
- In order to learn how to edit attribute values using the keyboard, click here.
Edit multiple attribute values simultaneously
Using the edit function you can edit multiple attribute values simultaneously. To do so, proceed as follows:
- In the product search mask, tick the product and/or particular variants or items to call them up in the table.
- Select the option “Attributes” from the “Data view” menu.
- In the table, tick the attributes you want to edit. In case the desired attributes are not included in the table, add them to the table as described in the section “Show/hide attributes”.
- Click on the button to call up the corresponding dialog box. The dialog box shows an attribute overview that lists the editable attributes.
- In the left column, tick an attribute whose attribute value you want to edit.
- Click in the corresponding input field on the right side and make the desired changes.
- Possibly make changes to the values of other attributes.
- To save your changes, click on the button . The dialog box closes and a success message is shown.
- To cancel the process, click on the button .
- If the selection of attributes contains an attribute with a value set whose sequence can be customized, you will be directed to an overview of these values. Here you can select the desired values and put them in the desired sequence. Afterwards you will be directed to the attribute overview.
- Note that the respective changes only apply to product levels in which the respective attributes are editable. It is possible that attribute values are not changed directly, but are inherited from a superordinate product level.
Check prohibited words” checkbox so that upon saving, the attribute values are checked whether thy contain prohibited words. Prohibited words can be defined in iPIM CC.
Relate content objects to lookup attribute values
First introduced in version 5.6: Via the corresponding dialog box you can relate individual values of list of values attributes to content objects. You can either relate attribute values to existing content objects or you can create new content objects and relate them to attribute values.
- Double-click in the table cell of the attribute to show the menu for selecting attribute values.
- In the row of the attribute value, click on the chip that indicates the number of related content objects to call up the corresponding dialog box.
- Relate an existing content object to the attribute or create a new content object and relate it directly. Click here to learn more.
FAQ
Why can some attributes not be edited on the variant or item level?
Some attributes can be edited on the product level, whereby the respective attribute values are then inherited by the variant and item level. Other attributes, however, are located on the variant or item level and can only be adjusted there.
How can I edit multiple attributes simultaneously?
Using the edit function, you can edit multiple attributes simultaneously. To do so, tick the desired attributes in the table and click on the button to call up the dialog box in which the values can be adjusted.
Can I show and edit several language levels simultaneously?
Yes, unlike in most other apps, the “Attributes” app makes it possible to show several language levels simultaneously so that they can be edited parallely. To do this, select the desired language levels via the corresponding menu in the search mask.
What is the difference between the localized and the non-localized view?
In the “Non-localized view”, only entries of a single language level are shown in the table, even if further language levels were selected via the “Locale” menu. In the “Localized view”, by contrast, the entries for all selected language levels are shown.
Why can attribute values sometimes not be edited in the localized view?
In order to be able to edit attribute values in the localized view, the option “Attributes” must be selected from the “Data view” menu.
Which language level is shown if multiple language levels are selected in the non-localized view?
In this case, the language level that comes first in the list of the selected language levels is shown.
Why is the language selection sometimes blocked?
Since version 5.6.3, the language selection menu in the “Search” card is blocked if the non-localized view is set. In this case, attributes can only be edited on the locale which is selected via the user interface language menu in the header of the user interface.
Why can a list of values entry sometimes not be related to a content object?
Relating content objects to attribute values only works for list of values of attributes where the attribute property SORTED_MULTIPLE_LOOKUP is either not set at all or it is set to “NO”.
Why is the button sometimes not shown to me when editing attribute values?
As of version 5.6, the right “ipim-portal.product-details.attribute.save” is required to save changes to attribute values. Users not possessing this right can make changes to attribute values, but the button is not shown to them.
Rights
Apart from the basic rights listed here, a user needs the rights that are shown in the table.
| Key | Identifier | Description |
| ipim.apps.toolbox.attributes | iPIM Apps – Attributes | Right to use the “Attributes” app. The right also permits the user to add a corresponding tile to the dashboard and/or to call up the app via the app overview. |
| ipim-portal.attributes.profiles.create-and-save | iPIM Portal – Attributes – Profiles – Create and Save | Right to create attribute profiles and to edit self-created attribute profiles |
| ipim-portal.attributes.profiles.delete | iPIM Portal – Attributes – Profiles – Delete | Right to delete self-created attribute profiles |
| ipim-portal.product-details.attribute.save | iPIM Portal – Product details – Attribute – Save | Right to save changes to attribute values |