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Changing the Hidden or Required Settings for a Product Attribute

When you define an attribute at the class level, you can set the attribute to be hidden or required:

• Hidden attributes do not display in the Quote, Order, Agreement, or Asset views.
• Required attributes are those where the user must select a value for the attribute. The value of the attribute cannot be blank.

Attribute definitions propagate automatically to all the products that belong to the product class. However, you can change the Hidden flag and the Required flag settings for an attribute at the product level. This lets you manage the hidden or required settings for attributes product by product.

You can use the hidden setting to simplify your product class system. For example, if a product class has 8 attributes and a product has 7 of these attributes, you can put the product in this class and hide the eighth attribute. You do not have to create a special subclass with 7 attributes for the product.

To change the hidden or required settings for attributes of a product

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen, then the Product Definitions view.
2. In the Products list, select and lock the desired product.
3. In the Versions list, click the Work Space version.
4. Click the Attributes view tab.
5. In the Explorer applet, select the attribute you want to hide.
6. In the Attributes list, in the record for the attribute, select the Hidden checkbox.

To change the hidden or required settings for attributes of a product class

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen, then the Product Classes view.
2. In the Product Classes list, select and lock the desired product class.
3. In the Versions list, click the Work Space version.
4. Click the Attributes view tab.
5. In the Attributes list, in the record for the attribute, select the Hidden checkbox.