on 10-08-2006 5:42 PM
Dear MDM gurus,
One question on Category-attributes vs Fields....
say I have a category like automobiles ---> below that
---> sedans
---> SUV etc at the sidling level.
Now if sedan has 4 seats and SUV has 7 seats.
How do we capture the 3 extra seats of SUV.
Should it be attributes ? If so how can I capture the details behuind each of the 3 extra seats like "mad of ..e.g. leather,cloth,wool",dimensions,features( child lock available).
Appreciate your inputs.
Thanks.
Jack
Hi,
Also I would like to add the fundamental difference between Attributes and fields...
In MDM, an attribute is like a field, but one that applies only to a
subset of the records in a table. By contrast, a field is part of every
record in a table. If a particular attribute can be applied to every product
in a repository, then it should be set up as a field in the main table. For
example, every product in a repository probably has an item number;
therefore Item Number should be defined in the database as a field,
and not as an attribute.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Tanveer.
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Hi Tanveer,
but when you are use a Catalog for Products with taxonomies, the categories in the taxonomy can be very dynamic. Once you create a new Category which should not have this common attribute/field your repository will still provide the field to products from the new category.
@Alejandro. The example "Automibles" looks like an example for a taxonomy with attributes. So if you create multivalued qualified lookup table you don't have the possibility for taxonomy search anymore.
@Jack. You could define "Seat" as an Text attribute with thze two predefined values 4 and 7. So the user can choose between both values.
Best regards
Nicolas
Hello Jack:
Sure, attributes are special for specific characteristics. If your particular case I would recommend actually using a qualified table multivalued, where you can store the registers of type "Seat" and then add them to the main table (automobiles).
I hope that helps
Alejandro
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