In the “Attributes” tab you can see the attributes which represent the general product data of the selected product as well as its variants and articles. Here you can change product data by editing the corresponding attribute values accordingly.
User interface
Product search
"Pin/Detach" (
/
): Buttons to attach resp. detach (collapse) the "Product 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.
: 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).
"Select all" (
): Checkbox that can be used to select the called-up product as well as all the shown variants and items.
Product structure: Product structure of the called-up product.
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/Attributes" 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 "Product structure/Attributes" table as the various columns. Click here to learn more.
"Hidden columns (
)": Menu for selecting which of the standard table columns are shown or hidden. To do so, click on the "Hidden columns" icon () to show the corresponding menu, tick each of the desired attributes and click on the "Confirm" icon (
) button to confirm your selection.
Data view: Menu to select if the shown product data is shown from the article perspective or from the attribute perspective.
"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.
"Locale": Menu for selecting a locale which is a language level. Product data may vary depending on the locale. For example, this may comprise attribute values that vary between languages. In order to select a language level, choose the appropriate locale from the menu.
"Supplier": Menu for selecting a supplier level. Via supplier levels you can separate product data from different suppliers. This can be accomplished using supplier attributes which can possess different attribute values depending on the supplier level:
- To select a supplier level, choose the corresponding supplier from the menu.
- To add a new supplier to the menu, click on the "Add" icon (
) and select the supplier via the dialog box. Click here to learn more.
"Product structure/Attributes": 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 "Product 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.
Usage
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.
Edit attributes
You can edit product data of the selected product as well as its variants and items by editing the respective attributes. To do so, proceed as follows:
- In the product searchmask, tick the product, a variant or an item. You can also tick multiple entities. Following this, the corresponding data is shown in the “Attributes” 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 .
A success message is shown. The attribute values are now edited.
icon if an attribute can be edited on a particular level.
- 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.
How can I call up multiple products at once to edit them sequentially?
- Expand the "Selection" widget.
- Via the "Active context" menu, you can select which products are shown in the widget
- In the product list of the widget, click on a given product.
- Click on the button. Following this, the products are called up as a sequence, with only one of the products being active in the workspace at a time.
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.
Create items
In order to create a new item for the selected product, proceed as follows:
- Click on the
button in the footer to access the action menu. - Move the mouse cursor over the option “Data” to show the corresponding submenu.
- Click on the option “Create item” to call up the corresponding dialog box.
- From the “Variantenattribut” menu , select a dimensioning attribute.*
- Make the further configurations. Menus and input fields marked with an “*” are mandatory.
- In order to create the new item, click on the button . A success message is shown. The new item is now created.
- In order to create the new item and create further items directly afterwards, click on the button .
- In order to cancel the process, click on the button .
- If you work with three-stage product structure, the dimensioning attribute (variant attribute) is one of the options to select. If you select an attribut for the product already has a variant, the new item is assigned to this variant. If you select an attribute for which the product does not possess a variant, an appropriate new variant is created and the new item is assigned to this variant.
- If a default unit of measurement is specified for a dimension attribute that has a base unit, the default unit is preselected. Since version 5.5.2: If a category-related unit of measurement is specified for a dimension attribute, this unit of measurement is preselected when creating an item in the respective category.
FAQ
What is the “Data view” menu used for?
The “Data view” menu is used to select if the shown product data is shown from the article perspective or from the attribute perspective.
Why can’t I edit certain table cells?
It depends on the product level whether you can edit an attribute value or not. Some attributes can be edited on the product level; their attribute values are then inherited by the variant and item level. Some attributes can be edited on the variant or item level instead. Table cells with the corresponding lock icon are locked on the respective level and cannot be edited there.
Why isn’t a button 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 on attribute values. Users not possessing this right can make changes to attribute values, but the button is not shown to them, and thus they cannot save their changes.
How can I call up multiple products at once to edit them sequentially?
Expand the “Selection” widget, click on a given product in the product list and then click on the button. Following this, the products are called up as a sequence, with only one of the products being active in the workspace at a time.
Why can’t content objects be related to every list of values attribute?
Relating content objects to attribute values only works for list of values attributes where the attribute property SORTED_MULTIPLE_LOOKUP is either not set at all or it is set to “NO”.
Why is a new variant sometimes created automatically when I create an item?
If you work with a three-stage product structure, the dimensioning attribute (variant attribute) is one of the options to select when creating an item. If you select an attribute value for which the product already has a variant, the new item is assigned to this variant. If you select an attribute value for which the product does not possess a variant, an appropriate new variant is created and the new item is assigned to this variant.
Why is a unit of measurement sometimes already preselected when I create an item?
If a default unit of measurement is specified for a dimension attribute that has a base unit, this default unit is preselected. Since version 5.5.2, this also applies to category-related units of measurement: if a category-related unit of measurement is specified for a dimension attribute, this unit is preselected when creating an item in the respective category.
How can I apply the value of a table cell to several table cells at once?
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, including actions that can be used to copy the content of a table cell to other table cells.