Attribute Data Types

nochannel commerce pim offers a variety of attribute types to ensure your product information is accurate, well organized, and usable choosing the right type for each attribute is crucial for efficient data management product level attributes string ideal for textual data like names, descriptions, or any other text based content (e g , "description of a sofa elegant and comfortable sofa with tufted upholstery") boolean perfect for true/false or yes/no values, such as in stock status, availability, or product eligibility for specific features (e g , "in stock status of a chair true") number used for numeric values associated with products, such as weights, dimensions, or quantities (e g , "weight of a coffee table 5 2 kilograms") weight represents the weight of an object (e g , "weight of wooden dining table 100 kilograms") area specifies the surface area of products (e g , "surface area of a dining table 36 square feet") memory used for the memory capacity of electronic devices (e g , "iphone 11 pro max storage 256 gb") date and time records specific dates and times (e g , "manufacturing date of a wardrobe 2023 05 20 09 00 00") volume specifies the internal capacity of products (e g "storage capacity of a wardrobe 10 cubic feet") swatch represents color options or variations for products (e g , "color options for a sofa red, blue, green") for more details on swatches, refer to key concepts docid\ ekaoyvehv6fzy3ega zmc url used for web links or references related to products (e g , "website link for product specifications https //furniture com/product specs") 1d, 2d, 3d represent one, two, or three dimensional measurements (e g , "length of a bookshelf 36 inches") file used for associating files or multimedia content with products (e g , "image file name for product image sofa image jpg") scope level of attributes nochannel commerce pim also allows you to define the scope level of attributes, determining how they apply across your product catalog three primary scope levels exist in our pim system product attributes assigned to the product scope level are uniform across the entire product this means that the created attribute will be added to the scope of the product for example, if the attribute is "color" with a value of "black," and you have selected the scope level to product, then this attribute will be added to the product variant attributes designated with the variant scope level are specific to individual product variants this allows for variation in attribute values across different product variants for instance, with the "color" attribute set to variant scope level, different variants of the same product can have distinct colors such as "black" or "white " overridable overridable scope level attributes allow flexibility in managing attribute values these attributes can be overridden at the variant level, but they also have a default value at the product level in our "color" attribute example, if it is assigned the overridable scope level and the default value is "black" at the product level, it means that all variants will initially inherit the "black" color however, if needed, individual variants can override this default value and have a different color assigned to them