Grid Manager

Step

Action

1

From the Products > Grid Manager > Filter by Grid Properties box, click the Create New Grid button.

2

The first four grid field entries are detailed below.

1. Grid Label   – Enter a descriptive name for the grid

2. Status   – Select an appropriate status:

   • An   active   grid is connected to a product.

   • An inactive grid is not displayed in the drop-down list when connecting a grid to a product.

   • An   inactive   grid is not deleted but is kept on file for possible future use.

3. *Manufacturer –   Choose the product manufacturer to be used in the grid from the drop-down list. The same table of manufacturers is used when building a product.

4. *Product Type   – Choose the product type to be used in the grid from the drop-down list. The same table of product types is used when building a product.

Note: When the Product Type is selected the available axis labels displays in a drop-down list. These lists are imported specific to a Product Type.

*Denotes required field.

3

An   Axis Label   is a   configuration   category (size, width, or color)   for   the grid based on the options in the drop-down list.   For each Label, actual values (small, medium, large) are associated to it, which are entered in the Axis Labels fields.   Select a configuration for the X and Y axes ( Z is optional).

1. X-Axis   Label   – Select configuration from drop-down list

2. X-Axis   Labels   –  Enter the values for the configuration selected (separate by commas).

3. Y -Axis   Label   – Select configuration from drop-down list

4. Y -Axis   Labels   –  Enter the values for the configuration selected (separate by commas).

4

Click the Create button.

5

The X and Y labels are displayed for editing in the General Attributes screen.

Grid Label   – Rename the grid here if you choose by entering a new name in the text box.

Status   – Change the grid from Active to Inactive as needed.

Manufacturer and Product Type   – These cannot be changed since these are the attributes the grid is based on. Changing them would break the grid and all associated SKUs.

Change Label Values – Use the  icon to edit label values in the New Label field. 

Change Label Position - Use the  to move a Label either up or down within the sequence.

Remove a Label Value - Use the  to remove a value from the list.

Add New - Click the Add New button to add another label value to the list.

6

Click Update to save all entries made to the General Attributes.

7

Once a grid is created, it assigned a Grid ID. This ID is used as part of the new product import when doing batch imports of grid products.

8

Once a grid is assigned to a product, it is visible from the Product Manager > General Attributes section of the product.

Step

Action

1

From Products > Grid Manager, the Filter by Grid Properties box is on the left.

Tip: Click the Clear button to begin a clean search. This clears the last entered search criteria and results.

2

The criteria fields are defined as:

Grid Label   – Name of the grid (partial word searches are accepted)

Status   – Select an appropriate status:

• An   active   grid is connected to a product.

• An   inactive   grid is not deleted but is kept on file for possible future use.

Manufacturer –   Choose the product manufacturer from the drop-down list.

Product Type   – Choose the product type for the grid from the drop-down list.

3

Click the Search button and the results are listed in the right-side screen.

4

Identify the desired grid from the results list.

• Click on the icon of the grid to edit it.

• Click on the icon to duplicate the grid.