Manage Concatenated Attributes

The Manage Concatenated Attributes is a feature that has the functionality to set up concatenated text-based attributes.

Key Term:	Administrator: a technical specialist who configures a software system. Attribute: a data field which describes a product.
Description:	This feature is used to concatenate two or more attributes to form one new attribute. Example: Long Description = Name + Attribute1 + Attribute2 + Price
Related topics:	Manage Different Types of Attributes
Application:	The feature will allow an administrator to set up a concatenated attribute that will use other attributes in the system. Example: An administrator sets up a new concatenated attribute, named New Description that will be a result of combining the long and short descriptions of a product.

How-to: Manage Concatenated Attributes

To do this admin feature, follow the steps below:

• Log in and go to Administration.

• Go to the Data Model section.

• Go to Concatenated under the Properties section.

• Click the ‘+’ icon to create an attribute.

• Enter the name of the concatenated attribute and click on the Create button.

• View that the attribute had been created successfully.

• Scroll right and go to the Concatenation Formula section. Click on the empty field and wait for the pop-up window to appear.

• Select the attributes to be concatenated in the formula by (1) clicking on Attribute on the pop-up window and then (2) selecting the attributes that will be used.

• Provide the values for the attributes that have been used in the previous step (e.g. long description and short description). Check that the new concatenated attribute will be automatically populated.