Example of Adding Filter Attributes to Product Groups

This example shows how to enable filtering by attributes in the sales catalog.

Use case: A business that sells furniture wants to provide filters in the catalog that let users narrow the product groups based on an attribute, such as color.

Prerequisite

Before you perform this task:

• The filtering attributes must already be registered. You register attributes in the Manage Product Group Attributes page.

• The filtering attributes must be associated with the products in the item master.

Filtering Product Groups by Attributes

1. In Setup and Maintenance go to the Sales offering.

2. In the list of functional areas, click the Sales Catalog and Products area.

3. Select the Manage Product Groups task.

4. In the Manage Product Group page, select a product group. For example, select the group named Chairs.

5. With the product group selected, click the Lock button.

6. Click the Filter Attributes tab.

7. In the Filter Attributes tab, click New to add a new attribute.

8. In the Create Filter Attribute dialog box, Name field, search for and select the filter attribute.

   For example, select the Color attribute.

9. Optionally, in the Create Filter Attribute dialog box, select the Advanced Search, Narrow By, and Sort By check boxes for the attribute, so that this attribute will be displayed in those regions at runtime.

10. Click OK in the Create Filter Attribute dialog box to save your changes.

11. In the Attribute Values area, add records and enter values for the attributes.

    For example, add Blue, Pink, and Black as the values for the chair color.

12. Unlock the group, save the changes, and publish the product group.

    After publishing the product group, you validate the changes in the catalog. You can see the attributes that you created and their values in the Advanced Search, Narrow By, and Sort options of the catalog.