New Product Attribute

Purpose: Use the New Product Attribute window to apply an attribute to a product.

Used for the Routing Engine module.

Used when? When the Attribute Type specified for the attribute is Product and Location, the attribute can filter locations when routing orders for the product. However, when the Attribute Type is Product, the attribute assignment is informational only.

For more information: See Using Attribute Rules for Delivery and Pickup Orders and Using Attribute Rules for Ship-for-Pickup Orders for background.

Assigning attributes to locations or products: Use the New Location Attribute and New Product Attribute screens to assign attributes.

How to open this window: Click New at the Product Attributes screen.

Note:

Available if Use Routing Engine is selected at the Tenant screen.

Fields at this window: Complete the fields described below and click Save, or click Cancel to return to the Product Attributes screen without creating the product attribute.

Field	Description
Product	See product. The product you selected at the Products screen. The product code is separated from the product name by a hyphen (-). Display-only.
Attribute Code	Select the Code identifying an attribute you can apply to a product. All attribute definitions that could be applied to the selected product are available for selection. Attributes are eligible if: they were created with an Attribute Type of Product or Product and Location, and they have not already been applied to the selected product, unless the Allow Multiple flag was selected Once you select an Attribute Code, the Description and Data Type are displayed above the Value field. Required.
Description	The description of the selected attribute. Display-only.
Data Type	Indicates the type of data that can be defined through the selected attribute. Possible data types are: Boolean: Indicates whether a condition is true for the product; for example, set to true if the product requires engraving. Cannot be set to false. List: Used to define a list of valid values that can be assigned to a product; for example, this might be a list of special handling options. Each value can be up to 50 positions. Number: Indicates that the value defined through the attribute must be numeric. Numbers can be up to 25 positions, including commas, decimal points, or minus signs. Text: Indicates that the value defined through the attribute is text. Values can be up to 50 positions. Display-only.
Value	Use this field to enter or select the value for the product attribute. If the Data Type is: Boolean: Automatically selected and cannot be changed. List: Select the Value from the displayed options defined for the attribute. Only Values that are not already assigned to the product are available for selection. Number: Enter a numeric value. Numbers can be up to 25 positions, including commas, decimal points, or minus signs. Text: Enter a numeric or text value. Can be up to 50 positions. Required, except that a Boolean defaults to selected and is display-only.