There are various options for filtering the displayed datasets or for adjusting their display, whereby the adjusting options can differ between the various modules, apps and tabs of apps.
Free-text search
Using the free-text search you can filter the list of datasets by a search term. To do so, proceed as follows:
- Enter a search term in the input field “Free-text search”. While you enter the search term, the list of datasets is narrowed down to those which correspond to the search term.
- In order to reset the free-text search, click on the
button.
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. For example, this allows you to use different product names for different sales channels.
- In order to choose a context level, select the corresponding option from the “Context” menu.
Language level (locale)
Product data may vary depending on the language level. For example, this may comprise product names which are localized accordingly.
- In order to choose a data language level, select the corresponding option from the “Locale” menu.
Supplier level
Select a supplier level
In some areas you can select a supplier level. As a part of the partner concept suppliers are one of the available data levels for product data. 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.
- In order to choose a supplier, select the corresponding option from the “Supplier” menu.
Add suppliers
In order to add a new supplier to the drop-down menu “Suppliers”, proceed as follows:
- Click on the
button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
- Select a supplier from the “Supplier” menu.
- In the list below, click on the product, a variant or an item.
- Double-click in the field of the “Supplier rank” column and enter an integer value that determines the position in the sequence of suppliers.
- Possibly repeat the preceding steps for additional variants or items.
- In order to finish the process, click on the button.
- In order to cancel the process, click on the button.
button in the respective rows you can delete individual supplier ranks.
List/tile view
In some areas you can switch between a list view and a tile view. To do so, proceed as follows:
- In order to switch from a list view to a tile view, select the option “
Tile view” from the “Display” menu. Following this, the view changes accordingly. Using the slider you can adjust the size of the tiles. - In order to switch from a tile view to a list view, select the option “
List view” from the “Display” menu. Following this, the view changes accordingly.
Hidden columns
Particular table columns (attributes) are shown by default. Via the corresponding selection menu these columns can be shown or hidden. To do so, proceed as follows:
- Click on the
button to call up the corresponding selection menu. - Tick the columns you want to show respectively untick the columns you want to hide.
- Click on the
button. Following this, the selection menu closes and the selection of columns in the table changes accordingly.
- The selection of available default columns depends on the respective app as well as the respective data view.
- If the column order was manipulated by moving columns, the initial order of the columns is restored, if users add additional columns.
Default columns
This table shows an overview of the available default columns:
| Column name | Explanation |
| Name | This column shows the name of the respective product, variant or item |
| Digital asset | This column shows the primary digital asset of the respective product. Via the property ipim.core.general.type.identifier.image.main it can be specified which digital asset type is used as the primary digital asset type. If there are multiple digital assets of this type assigned to a product, the respective order value determines which digital asset the primary digital asset is. |
| Attribute ID | This column shows the identifier of the respective attribute. |
| Attribute info | This column shows information about the respective attribute. Among other things, it is shown whether the respective attribute is a variant attribute. |
| Attribute name | This column shows the name of the respective attribute. |
| Attribute order | This column shows the order number which assigned to the respective attribute in the attribute configuration of iPIM CC. |
| Attribute type | This column shows the attribute type of the respective attribute (e.g. string, number, list of values etc.). |
| Scope | This column shows the attribute scope of the respective attribute (e. g. standard attribute, category attribute etc.) |
| Group | This column shows to which attribute group the respective attribute belongs. Attribute groups can be assigned in the attribute configuration of iPIM CC. |
| Sequence of selection | This column shows the sequence in which the individual attributes were selected in the attribute selection dialog box. |
Data perspective (product vs. attribute)
Some areas offer the “Data view” menu. menu you can determine from which perspective you want to have the product and its attributes displayed. If you choose the option “Items”, you will see the product and possibly selected variants or items in the outer left column of the table. In the other columns you will see the selected attributes. If you you choose the option “Attributes”, you will see the selected attributes in the outer left column of the table. In the other columns you will see the product and possibly selected variants or items.
- In order to change the perspective from which the product data is shown, select the corresponding option from the “Data view” menu.
Product, variant and item level
In some areas you can choose whether data of the product, variant or item level is shown. To do so, proceed as follows:
- In order to choose a particular data level, select the corresponding option from the “Data view” menu.
Show/hide attributes
Select attributes via the dialog box
Usually, particular attributes are shown in a table by default, while other attributes are only shown optionally. In order to include optional attributes in a table, proceed as follows:
- Click on the
button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
- Possibly select an attribute profile from the “Attribute profile” menu to select the attributes from a particular attribute profile.*/**
- Possibly select an attribute scope from the “Filter” menu to filter the selection of shown attributes by an attribute scope.**
- Possibly use the text search above the left column to filter the list of available attributes by a search term.
- Possibly move the “Restrict attributes to category” toggle switch to the
position to limit the selection of shown attributes to those that are relevant for the currently shown products.**
- Select the desired attributes:
- In order to select an attribute, transfer it from the left column to the right column. To do so, click on the attribute.
- In order to transfer all the attributes from the left column to the right column, click on the
button. - In order to deselect an attribute, transfer it from the right column to the left column. To do so, click on the attribute.
- In order to transfer all the attributes from the right column to the left column, click on the
button.
- In order to finish the process, click on the button.
A success message is shown. The selected attributes are now included in the table. - In order to cancel the process, click on the button.
Select attribute profiles directly
In many areas you can select an attribute profile directly instead of selecting it via the dialog box mentioned above. To do so, proceed as follows:
- Click on the
button which is situated on the right side of the 
button to unfold the corresponding selection menu. - Choose the desired attribute profile from the list of attribute profiles. Possibly use the text search to filter the list of attribute profiles by a search term.
- Click on the desired attribute profile to select it. Then the corresponding attributes will be included in the table.
Expand/collapse data structure levels
Some types of data such as user rights, meta attributes, publications or localized lists of values are structured in several levels. In the respective tables they are shown in the form of a tree structure with multiple levels:
- In order to expand the children of a particular data structure level, click on the
button in the respective table row. - In order to collapse children of a particular data structure levelagain, click on the
button in the respective table row.
Collapsible cards
Some cards in the user interface are collapsible. They can be expanded and collapsed:
- In order to expand a collapsed card, click on thebutton in the upper right corner of the card.
- In order to collapse an expanded card, click on the
button in the upper right corner of the card.