Create and manage Product Attributes

Create and manage Product Attributes

Product attributes are the characteristics of a determined product. They control and determine the product options, any additional product information, are used as search parameters, promotions, and allow the comparison between products.

There are default attributes created for the products. However, it is possible to create as many new attributes as needed to define different products.

Accessing Product Attributes

1. Log in to Omnyfy Marketplace Backend. On the Admin sidebar, navigate to Stores > Attributes > Product.




2. You will find a list of existing Product Attributes. To add a new one, click Add New Attribute. To edit an existing, choose from the list.



Attribute Properties

3. Enter the properties for the new attribute / change the existing one:


  • Default label: The label of the attribute

  • Catalog Input Type for Store Owner *: The attribute type used for data entry. Example: Text Field, Date, Yes/No, Price, Text Swatch

  • Values Required: Choose Yes if the attribute is mandatory

  • If Multiple Select or Dropdown is chosen as "Catalog Input Type for Store Owner *" (Marketplace Owner/Vendor), the following table will appear to allow the options definition



Advanced Attribute Properties

4. Enter the Advanced Attributed Properties:

  • Attribute Code: Leave blank, as the system has an internal code

  • Scope: Where in your store the attribute can be used. Choose Global to make the attribute available for the current store and any other store created after

  • Unique value: To prevent duplicated values choose Yes. If the attribute can have duplicate values (default) choose No

  • Input Validation for Store Owner *: To insert a validity test into a text field. Example: email, letters, numbers

  • Add to Column Options: Select Yes to add this attribute to the list of column options in the product grid.

  • Use in Filter Options: Select Yes to add this attribute to the list of filter options in the product grid

Please note that with Add to Column Options and Use in Filter Options, this should be kept with the vital fields only. Adding many attributes will take time for the data to load on the product grid in the back end, and when there are many options to filter/search and display may potentially time out on the search.

Manage Labels

5. OPTIONAL - If you have more than one store using the attribute and want to define different attribute labels for each one, expand the Manage Labels sections and enter a title for each option.



6. To define how the attribute will appear and be used at the Storefront, expand the Storefront Properties.


Storefront Properties

7. Enter the Storefront properties:


  • Use in Search: Choose Yes to make the attribute available for search

  • Comparable on Storefront: Choose Yes to include the attribute in Product Comparison

  • Use in Layered Navigation: Choose Filterable (with results) to use only with results greater than zero. Choose Filterable (no results) for all values, whether the number of results is zero or greater

  • Use in Search Results Layered Navigation: Choose Yes to use the attribute in layered navigation on search results pages

  • Position: Indicate the relative position of the attribute in the layered navigation block

  • Use for Promo Rule Conditions: Choose Yes to use the attribute in price rules

  • Allow HTML Tags on Storefront: Choose Yes to allow the text to be formatted with HTML

  • Visible on Catalog Pages on Storefront: Choose Yes to include the attribute in catalog page listings

  • Used in Product Listing: Choose Yes to include the attribute in product listings

  • Used for Sorting in Product Listing: Choose Yes to use the attribute as a sort parameter for product listings

  • Use in Fuse Mapping: Choose Yes to allow the attribute to be mapped in Fuse (only if Fuse is installed). This will be displayed in the Map Attributes section of the Fuse interface.

8. When complete, click Save Attribute



NOTE: *Any mentions regarding the Store Owner refers to a user that can create a product in the platform's back end system. This includes Marketplace Owner and Vendor Administrators.


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