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Setting Constraints for Numeric Attributes

In previous releases, you had to define a constraint if you wanted to constrain the range for a numeric (number and integer) attribute. There is now an easy, centralized way of restricting the upper and lower bounds for numeric attributes. You can specify the Minimum and Maximum range for an attribute through the column display in the Administration - Product screen, then the Attribute Definitions view or Product Classes view.

Minimum and Maximum values defined at the Attribute Definitions level restrict the domain of all Object (Classes and Products) Attributes, based on this definition.

Minimum and Maximum values defined at the Class Attribute level restrict the domain of all inherited Attribute of Objects derived from the Class.

Minimum and Maximum values can be overwritten for each level throughout the inheritance tree, with a restriction that derived objects can only reduce to the interval inherited from its parent, that is Minimum value is greater than or equal to the parent Minimum value and the Maximum value is less than or equal to the parent Maximum value.