Item Attribute

One descriptive attribute, such as Fabric or Voltage, with its type and, for a pick list, the values it may take.

Where

Product Information › Attributes

Who uses it

The person who keeps the item data

When

At setup

Needs first

Nothing

What it is for

Attributes describe an item without making it a separate variant. An attribute is placed in an Item Attributes Group, the group is placed on an Item Group, and every item of that item group then shows the attribute on the Attributes part of the Item screen.

Item Attribute Type decides how the value is entered. Of the types, the code treats one, OPT, as a pick list: the item screen offers the values from the Value lines. The Required Range, Range From and Range To fields are configured but hidden.

Every field in plain words

Header

Field	What it means	What to put
Item Attribute	The short code of the attribute.	Cannot be changed once saved. Required
Name	Its name, shown as the label on the item.	For example Fabric. Required
Item Attribute Type	How the value is entered on the item.	Pick a type. OPT makes it a pick list from the Value lines. Required
Notes	Free notes.	Any text

Value

The values offered when the type is a pick list.

Field	What it means	What to put
Value	One allowed value.	For example Cotton

How to configure it

Nothing to configure.

Scenarios

• An electrical wholesaler wants Voltage on every cable item. Make the attribute, put it in an attributes group with Required Mandatory ticked, and put that group on the cable item group.

What it is connected to

• Item Attributes Group - groups attributes
• Item - where the value is filled in

If something looks wrong

• "... already exists" on Save. Another attribute already uses this code.