Selecting Product Attributes for Line Items

Some products have attributes that the end user can choose. For example, a shirt may have the attribute of size, with the possible values S, M, L, and XL.

If the product has both components and attributes, then the user selects both the attributes and components during the configuration session, as described in Customizing a Product.

If the product is a simple product with attributes, meaning that it has attributes but does not have components, then the user can either:

• Select the attributes in the catalog, before adding the product to the quote or order, as described in Adding Line Items by Browsing the Catalog and Adding Line Items by Searching the Catalog.

• Select the attributes for the line item, after adding the product to the quote or order, as described here.

To select attributes for a line item

1. Navigate to the line item.

2. In the link bar of the Line Items view, click Attributes.

3. In the Line Items list, select the line item whose attributes you want to choose.

4. In the Line Items Attributes list, which appears after the Line Items List, specify the values for the attributes. as described in the following table.

   Field	Description
   Name	Displays the name of the attribute
   Value	Select the value of the attribute
   Action	Displays the action code for the line item. For more information about action codes, see Action Codes.
   Data Type	Displays the data type of the attribute. For example, if the user chooses yes or no, then the data type of the attribute is boolean; if the user chooses among options that are written out, then the data type of the attribute is text.