General Attributes

General attributes are attributes available to all products and all sales channels. These attribute fields are setup and managed through the Back Office Systems Settings. The General Attributes are comprised of four sections of product elements:

Note:The steps detailed below are used to maintain and edit a product.

Standard General Attributes

Follow the steps below to enter and edit General Attribute information specific to a product.

Step

Action

In the Search/New Product section, enter the Product Name to be created and click theNew Product button

The New Product Confirmation message displays. Click OK to access the General Attributes section.

The Standard General Attributes are basic attributes for all CORESense retailers. The fields are described below.

Field	Description
Product Name	Name of product that you entered
Style Locator	A six-digit numeric value that is auto-assigned to products upon creation. It provides a unique identifier to be assigned that can be added to product labels to allow tracking and/or placement identification within a retail store floor setting. The numeric format is xxx-xxx. The starting value for this field can be set in the Back Office system setting.
Manufacturer	The product manufacturer is used solely for informational purposes such as searching and reporting. This field may be displayed and/or used as a search criterion on a website channel.
Std/Ugd Group Membership	This feature enables the creation of Product Groups to streamline the management of configurations within a specific Product Group. It is not available for grid-based products.
Style/Model Number	The product part number is used for informational purposes such as searching and reporting, as well as an entry value in interfaces such as cross-sells and up-sells, as such, the value should be unique.
Product Type	The product type determines which custom attributes and configurations types are available.
Status	The product name is Green when the status is Active and Red when the status is Inactive. This is a global setting, if the product status is set to inactive, the product is unavailable on all sales channels regardless of the associated sales channel status.
Replaces	When entering new product, you can have the new Product ID replace an existing one. Clicking the Product Name automatically enters the old Product ID into the textbox on the new product page.

Custom General Attributes

A ttributes specific to a retailer are created during the CORESense implementation process. To add or update Custom General Attributes, contact CORESense support. The following provides a description of each field.

Field	Description
Description	The product description. HTML can be included in the description
Thumbnail / Back Office Image	The product thumbnail image is displayed on the website category page, product page, search page and the homepage to feature specific products. The value stored should be the relative path of the image. For example, if the image URL is http://www.corestore.com/common/images/products/thumb/baseball.gif, then the relative image path is common/images/products/thumb/baseball.gif. It is recommended that the thumbnail product image is less than 150 x 150 pixels, but can vary by website design.
Main Image	The main product image is most commonly used as the primary image on the website product page. The value stored should be the relative path of the image. For example, if the image URL is http://www.corestore.com/common/images/products/main/baseball.gif, then the relative image path is common/images/products/main/baseball.gif. It is recommended that the main product image is less than 300 x 300 pixels, and can vary by website design
Large Image	The large, more detailed product image is most commonly used as a secondary image on a product page to provide a clearer view (zoom) of a product or product detail. The value stored should be the relative path of the image. For example, if the image URL is http://www.corestore.com/common/images/products/large/baseball.gif, then the relative image path is common/images/products/large/baseball.gif . It is recommended that the large image is less than 600 x 600 pixels, and can vary by website design.
Alt Images	Provides alternative presentation of product such as Top, Bottom, or Back views. Each alternative can have its own Thumbnail, Main and Large image file.
Commission Rate	Enter the decimal value of the commission earned for the product (i.e., 5.5)
Commission Rate Type	Select the type of commission: Fixed or Profit Fixed = flat amount per product Profit = rate percentage calculated based on Retail (-) Cost Top Line = the commission amount is the retail price multiplied by the amount in the commission rate field
GlobalShopEx Country of Origin	At the product level identify where the product originates for for international checkout configurations.
GlobalShopEx Restricted	Identify whether international checkout of product is restricted or not.
Needs Own Box	This is used for kit products so that all SKUs related to a product are boxed together in a single shipment. You need to make sure the system setting in Shipping > Boxes > Group Shipments by Order Items is set to YES.
Custom Fields	Custom fields can be added per your needs, some examples include: Material, Color, Season, Commission Rate, Commission Rate Type, Media Enabled, DOT, Markdown. These may be text boxes, or single- or multi-select drop-downs. To add or update Custom General Attributes, contact CORESense support.

Merchandise Hierarchy

Within CORESense, the Merchandise Hierarchy feature is designed to allow retailers to organize data in a true retail fashion. It gives retailers the ability to group products into a series of levels or divisions, typically referred to within the industry as an hierarchy.

Merchandise is organized into Departments, Classes and Sub-Classes, however, these titles can be customized. This approach makes it easier for retailers to analyze and manage sales.
The Merchandise Hierarchy section within Product Manager enables new products to be assigned to previously created merchandise hierarchies.

Select the desired Merchandise Hierarchy options via the drop down boxes.

Tip: See Merchandise Hierarchy Manager for more information about adding or modifying the values provided.

Connect POS Required Fields

Displays a list of Order Item Custom Fields setup in the system and allows the user to select which ones are required. Once set as a required field, Connect POS enforces selected fields are not empty when product is added to the order in Connect.

Packing Validation

The Packing Validation creates a simple method to associate a product with a packing validation field.

Check the box if you want the product to be validated using the field identified and click Update.
Multiple fields can be assigned to the validation process.
This feature is also available for batch updates in the Batch Product Update manager.

Note: The site must have packing validation enabled on their site in order for this feature to appear. Contact CORESense Support to have this setup in the Technical Configuration of the Back Office.

SKU Generation

The SKU Generation window provides the option of creating a SKU Manually or On-The-Fly. Manual SKU generation is used most often.

On-The-Fly SKU Generation is only used for products that have a high number of available product configuration options (standards and upgrades) that result in an extremely high number of possible configurations, typically in the hundreds or thousands. The most common product example is a Laptop computer, where high numbers of product configuration options are available.

To manage the high amount of possible related SKUs, new SKUs and associated relationships are created on-the-fly each time the order is sourced, only if the SKU has not yet been created based on the same product being purchased and sourced from another order at an earlier date.
These products are typically build-to-order and are only sourced using drop-ship or just-in-time fulfillment methods.
On-The-Fly SKU Generation is currently supported ONLY in the Sales Order Interface channel.

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