Creating and Managing Faceted Filter Profiles

Using the Faceted Filter Administration and Faceted Filter Manager, you can perform the following tasks in managing you faceted filters.

Update Profile Hierarchy

Follow the steps below to update the profiles within your faceted filter hierarchy.

Step	Action
1	Enter the new product type attribute value to your Technical Configuration value table.
2	In the Faceted Filter Administration Auto Populate box, check the Create New Attributes From Custom Field Values Tables option.
3	Click on the Auto-Populate Hierarchies button.
4	In the Faceted Filter Administration Auto Populate box, check the Create New Profiles From Attributes option.
5	Click on the Auto-Populate Hierarchies button.
6	Go to the Faceted Filter Manager to create new profiles and to assign products to your profiles.

Create a New Profile and Assign Products

in the Faceted Filter Profile Manager, follow the steps below to add a new a faceted filter profile to a hierarchy and assign products.

Step	Action
1	Select the hierarchy that you are going to create a new profile for from the Hierarchy drop-down list and click the Search button.
2	Select a Make from the drop-down list and click on the New Profile button.
3	The General Attributes screen displays, which allows you to designate the related attributes for each level of the hierarchy that you want associated with the new profile.
4	Select the desired options from each drop-down lists and click on the Update button.
5	Click on the Products link to assign products to the profile.
6	If you know the Product ID, enter it or click on the icon to open the Product Picker search tool.
7	Once the Product ID is populated, click the Add button to assign the product to the profile.
8	Repeat the process to assign additional products to the profile. If you need to remove an assigned product, click on the icon next to that item.

Edit a Profile

If you need to make changes to a product type attribute, you will need to update your existing profiles accordingly. Follow the steps below to make those updates.

Important: After populating the new attributes and profiles, this will create duplicate listings in your hierarchy. For example, if you changed the attribute value for Audi A4 to Audi A-4, once population is done, both versions are listed in the hierarchy. To correct that, you need to update the original profile and delete the duplicate in the Faceted Filter Manager.

Step	Action
1	Enter the new product type attribute value to your Technical Configuration value table.
2	In the Faceted Filter Administration Auto Populate box, check the Create New Attributes From Custom Field Values Tables option.
3	Click on the Auto-Populate Hierarchies button.
4	In the Faceted Filter Administration Auto Populate box, check the Create New Profiles From Attributes option.
5	Click on the Auto-Populate Hierarchies button. Note: After populating the new attributes and profiles, this will create duplicate listings in your hierarchy. For example, if you made a change the attribute value for Audi A4 to Audi A-4, once population is done, both versions are listed in the hierarchy. To correct that, you need to perform some cleanup in the Faceted Filter Manager.
6	In the Faceted Filter Manager, select the hierarchy from the Hierarchy drop-down list and click the Search button.
7	Select the profile level that the change is to be made by selecting the appropriate options from the drop-down lists. Click Search.
8	The Results includes the duplicate profiles as generated by the changes made in the product type attribute value table. Click on an original profile icon to assign it the new attribute. Make a note of that ID (2) so you can distinguish it from the new one after you update the original. Important: It is recommended that you assign the new attribute value to your existing profiles so that you do not need to reassign all the related products to the new profile listings.
9	Select the updated attribute from the drop-down list and click Update.
10	There are now two profiles with the same attribute value. Click on the icon of the duplicate ID that you are to delete.
11	Repeat Steps 8-10 for each profile that you are updating with the new attribute value.