Use this list to view your descriptive attributes, and manage details about your descriptive attributes. The list is divided into the following tabs: Details, Description, and Custom. Click on one of the following links to view the help:
Details
Use this list to view descriptive attributes, and details about the descriptive attributes.
- Reference Name
- The reference name of the attribute in your store's default language. If your store supports more than one locale, then this name remains static and does not change with each different language.
- Name
- The name of the attribute. Unlike the Reference Name field, if your store supports more than one locale, then this name changes to match each different language. If you change the name in the store default language, the reference name will change automatically.
- Type
- The type of attribute:
- Text: a text entry, such as the name of a color.
- Whole Number: a whole number, such as a numeric size (10).
- Decimal Number: a decimal number, such as a shoe size (8.5).
This field is read-only.
- Value
- The descriptive attribute value. There can only be one value associated with a descriptive attribute.
- New
- Click this button to create a new descriptive attribute.
- Change
- Click this button to edit the selected descriptive attribute information.
- Delete
- Click this button to delete selected attributes.
Description
Use this list to view the description of the descriptive attributes.
- Reference Name
- The reference name of the attribute in your store's default language. If your store supports more than one locale, then this name remains static and does not change with each different language.
- Name
- The name of the attribute. Unlike the Reference Name field, if your store supports more than one locale, then this name changes to match each different language. If you change the name in the store default language, the reference name will change automatically.
- Description
- A brief description of the descriptive attribute, such as "Dry clean only".
- Sequence
- The order in which the descriptive attribute is displayed.
- New
- Click this button to create a new descriptive attribute.
- Change
- Click this button to edit the selected descriptive attribute information.
- Delete
- Click this button to delete selected attributes.
Custom
Use this list to view a custom field for a descriptive attribute.
- Reference Name
- The reference name of the attribute in your store's default language. If your store supports more than one locale, then this name remains static and does not change with each different language.
- Name
- The name of the attribute. Unlike the Reference Name field, if your store supports more than one locale, then this name changes to match each different language. If you change the name in the store default language, the reference name will change automatically.
- Usage
- The kind of descriptive attribute. By default, the value is 2 to identify a descriptive attribute. Note that the usage cannot be null or "1", as both represent a defining attribute.
- Image
- The path to the descriptive attribute image. Whether you need an absolute
or relative path depends on your store's configuration. Ask a store
developer with Site Administrator authority for the correct format. For
example, the WebSphere Commerce sample store images use a relative path to the
default installation path:
/images/drycleanonly.gif
\images\drycleanonly.gif
- Field 1
- A customizable field.
- New
- Click this button to create a new descriptive attribute.
- Change
- Click this button to edit the selected descriptive attribute information.
- Delete
- Click this button to delete selected attributes.