Inventory: Attributes & Options

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Overview

Main Menu>Accordion>Manage My Inventory>View & Manage My Inventory>Attributes & Options

Description of the Screen

Inventory: Attributes and Options

Accordion Operations

Build Sub-SKUs for this Item

Copy Options from Another SKU

Option Lists Section

Sort List By: Radio Buttons

List Number - the number assigned to the list by OMS when it was created

Local Order - the order in which OMS lists the attributes or Option Lists

          1. if an XML Product Import is run and the shopping cart provides a sort order, the OMS uses that order locally

          2. if the cart does not provide a sort order, OMS sorts the attributes by alphabetically by Name and use it as the local sort order

          3. if no Name field provided, the program uses the order in which the attributes appear in the XML as the local sort order 

          4. if Option Lists are manually added and ordered in OMS , use caution when selecting the action the program should take regarding Option Lists when performing an XML Product import, as this data may be changed inadvertently

Web Order - the order in which attributes are listed at the Web store

Add Option List Button

Edit Option List Button

Delete Button

Up and Down Arrow Buttons

List # Column

List Name / Code Column

Prompt Column

Required Column

Price Column

Cost Column

Type Column

Drop-List

Radio Button

Check Box

Text Field

Text Area

Image Column

Local Sort Order Column

Web Sort Order Column

Weight Column

Use for Build Column

Options Values (Unlabeled Lower Section of the Screen)

Option Column

Don't Use Column

Code Column

Price +/- Column

Label Column

Default Column

Cost Column

Weight Column

Image Column

Local Sort Order Column

  1. if the cart does not provide a sort order, OMS sorts the attributes alphabetically by Name and uses it as the local sort order

  2. if no Name field provided, the program uses the order in which the attributes appear in the XML as the local sort order 

  3. if Option Lists are manually added and ordered in OMS use caution when selecting the action the program should take regarding Option Lists when performing an XML Product import, as this data may be changed inadvertently

Web Sort Order Column

Checkboxes build Separate products

Add Option Button

Edit Option Button

Delete Button

Up and Down Arrows

Additional Information

Build Sub-SKUs

Copy Option Lists

Edit Option List

Edit Option Value

How to Add, Edit or Delete a Product Option List

How to Copy Option Lists

Options, Attributes and Sub-SKUs

 

Created: 6/6/11

Revised: 9/23/14

Published: 04/14/16