Creating a New Property
Post a product import, properties are automatically created in Unbxd PIM. You can also manually create new properties for your products.
While you create a property, you can:
- Set the data type of the property
- Add the property to a property group
- Make the property searchable
- Set role permissions for the property
To create a new property:
- On the MANAGE tab, click Properties.
The Properties Listing page appears.
- Click Create Property.
- Enter the property name.
- In the Property Data Type (mandatory) list, select the data type for the property.
You can select from the following data types:-
- String
- Number
- Date
- Link
- Boolean
- File
- Image
- Tree/List
- Text Area
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- Click Proceed.
Assigning Property to a Property Group
If you have already created a property group, you can assign the property to the property group. For more information about grouping the properties, see Property Groups.
- In the Property Group list, select the property group. In the example below “General” and “Specifications” are the available property groups.
- Click Update.
Making a Property Searchable
Once a property is made searchable, you can search for its values in the Products Listing page. For example, here the property “Color” is made searchable. Searching for its property value “red” in the Products Listing page gave the following results:
- If you want to make the property value searchable in the Products Listing page, select the Allow property to be searched checkbox.
- Click Update.
Setting Role Permissions for the Property
For a specific property, you can set the following role permissions.
- Manage – Allows the role to edit the property value and delete the property.
- Read Only – Allows the role to only view the property value.
- Hide – The role cannot view the property.
- Click the Permissions for Roles tab.
- If you are looking for a specific role, in the search box, search by role name.
- In the Permissions column, hover, and then click to set the following role permissions:
- Manage
- Read Only
- Hide
For example, a sensitive property information like “Price” is hidden for certain roles except for Admin and Pricing Manager.
- Click Update.