Creating product attributes
Edit on GitHubThis document describes how to create product attributes.
Prerequisites
To start working with attributes, go to Catalog > Attributes.
A new product usually needs a super attribute and a regular attribute. The super attribute is used to distinguish product variants and the regular attributes is used to define product characteristics.
Review the reference information before you start, or look up the necessary information as you go through the process.
Creating product attributes
To create a product attribute:
- On the Attributes page, select + Create Product Attribute.
- On the Create a Product Attribute page, enter an Attribute Key.
The Attribute Key field accepts lower case letters, digits, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and colons.
- Select an Input type.
- To make this attribute a supper attribute, select the Super attribute checkbox. This disables the Allow input any value other than predefined checkbox because a super attribute always uses predefined values.
- In the Predefined Values field, enter a desired predefined value and press
Enter. - Repeat the previous step until you add all the desired predefined values.
- To allow adding the values that are different from the predefined ones, select Allow input any value other than predefined ones.
- Select Save. This takes you to the 2. Translations tab.
- In the 2. Translations tab, enter a Translation for the attribute key for all the locales.
- Optional: Localize predefined parameter values:
- Select Translate predefined values.
- Enter a Translation for the predefined parameter values for all the locales.
- Select Save. This takes you to the View Product Attribute page with the success message displayed.
Tips and tricks
To apply a translation to all the other locales, select 
Copy to other languages next to the Translation you want to apply.
Reference information: Creating product attributes
This section describes attributes that you select and enter when creating product attributes.
On the Attributes page, you see the following information:
- Autogenerated attribute ID.
- Attribute key.
- An identifier that shows if an attribute is a super attribute: true stand for a super attribute, and false stands for a regular attribute.
- Attribute type
- Attribute actions.
The following table describes the attributes you enter and select on the Create a Product Attribute page.
| ATTRIBUTE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Attribute Key | Name of the attribute you create, for example, color. |
| Input type | Defines the data format of the of the attribute value. |
| Super attribute | Defined if the product attribute is a super attribute. Super attributes distinguish concrete products of an abstract product. |
| Predefined values | Values for you attribute, e.g., if the attribute you create is a color, the values for it can be red, green, black, etc. |
| Allow input any value other than predefined ones | Checkbox that defines whether you can enter the values other than the predefined ones when creating or updating a product variant. |
| Translation | Translation for either an attribute key into the other language based on the locales for which you add the translation. |
| Translate predefined values | Checkbox that defines if the predefined values will also be translated. If selected, the predefined value itself and the Translation field for it appears. |
The super attributes are displayed in the Variants tab of the Create a Product page of an abstract product.
Once you select any super attribute, you will be able to select among its values.
The descriptive attributes are displayed on the Attribute Management page of the abstract and concrete product. Unlike the super attributes that are defined during the abstract product creation, the descriptive attributes can be added and removed at any point in time.
In the online store, the descriptive attributes are displayed on the product details page of a specific product:
Next steps
- Learn how to manage the product attributes.
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