Not every product data feed is 100% complete as it may not contain all the information required by the Product Guide. With the aid of Attribute Creation, it is possible to enhance your data feed without requesting an updated version from another company department. The original feed does not need to change at all. The following sections explain how a new attribute is created and which settings you can configure.

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How to create a new attribute?

To create a new attribute you have to go to the AI Data Trainer section. This can be found in the navigation bar in the submenu of Product Data.

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Initially, the view only contains the button "Create Attribute". Clicking on it creates a text input field to enter the name of the new attribute.

For the attribute name only the following characters are

Allowed: letters a-z, numbers 0-9, dashes "-" and underscores "_"
Not permitted: all special characters (like $, &, Ü), white spaces and the name "null" which is reserved elsewhere.

After you enter an attribute name successfully you can add corresponding attribute values and/or edit configuration settings. (see section below)

Attribute Column Structure

Once you enter an attribute name, the created column contains three main elements:

Attribute name component (blue)
Add Value input field
The subview button "Assign Values"

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Attribute Name

The attribute name component includes the current attribute name as well as a menu (three dots "⋮") to edit some attribute configurations.

The configuration contains

Ordered Values:
Checkbox to declare that the attribute values have an implicit order (e.g. for numeric values or clothing sizes). That can be relevant for the recommendation engine.
Rename:
Replaces the blue name label with a text input field. Within this input you can change the attribute name.
Note that the same name constraints, as used in the attribute creation process apply.
Delete:
Removes the attribute permanently.

Attribute Value

To add attribute values you have to use the "Add Value" input field. The names follow the same name constraint as is used for the attribute name.

After entering the value name successfully an attribute value component is added to the attribute column. This includes the current value name and a menu button to edit the value configuration.

The configuration contains:

Default:
Enabling this checkbox sets this value as the default value of the attribute. This means that during the annotation process, this value is preselected for each product.
Rename:
Replaces the name label with a text input field. Within this input you can change the attribute value name.
Delete:
Removes the attribute value permanently.

Assign Values

After you have added all values to the attribute and set all configurations, you can annotate or assign the products to the new attribute. Clicking on this button forwards you into the Annotation view. Read more about this view on the next page.