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Video Summary
This video shows you how to perform the Bulk Set Attribute in the Comestri PIM.
Video Transcript
About this Video
In this video, you’ll see how to perform the following Bulk Edit in Comestri: Bulk Set Attribute.
Bulk Set Attribute allows you to update Attribute values on multiple products automatically.
(See link to Bulk Edits article at the end of the video for more details.)
Bulk Set Attribute Checklist
Before you can perform the Bulk Edit, you’ll need to ensure that:
- Attributes have been created in the Comestri PIM
- Products have those Attributes assigned to them
- A filtered list of products, to which the Bulk Edit will be applied, has been produced on the Manage Products page
- A Bulk Set Attribute (which is a type of Bulk Edit) has been created
Next, you’ll be taken through a Bulk Set Attribute example.
Bulk Set Attribute – Example
Suppose you are a clothing retailer who has incorrectly set the Care Instructions Attribute value to ‘Handwash’ on products with the Material Attribute value ‘Silk’.
By performing Bulk Set Attribute, you can correct this error by bulk updating the Care Instructions Attribute value to ‘Dry clean’ on those products.
Steps to Perform the Bulk Set Attribute Example
First, you’ll see how to produce a filtered list of products that will be affected by the Bulk Edit.
Then, you’ll see how to create the Bulk Edit and perform the bulk update.
Lastly, you’ll see how the Care Instructions Attribute value has been updated on all the filtered products.
Welcome to Comestri. To begin, we will sign in to the Comestri application.
To start creating your product filter, click Products on the main menu. Then click Manage Products on the expanded menu.
The Manage Products page opens.
This Product Filter will search for products with the Material Attribute value of ‘Silk’.
Click the Filter button.
Then, click the Refine By button to select the Search Term you want to use.
Select ‘Material’ from the Refine By dropdown list.
Next, select ‘equals’ from the Operator dropdown list.
Then, enter ‘Silk’ in the Search Value field.
The filter criteria will find products that have the information you have defined using the Search Term, Operator and Search Value.
Once you’ve finished defining your filter criteria, click the Apply button to produce a filtered list of products.
Once you’ve produced the filtered list, the Bulk Edits button will then appear.
Click the Bulk Edits button and select ‘Bulk Set Attribute’.
The Bulk Actions page opens.
Here, you’ll see the Set attribute section where you’ll carry out a sequence of actions to create the Bulk Edit.
Firstly, you’ll add the Operation details.
Select the Attribute to update – ‘Care Instructions’ – from the dropdown list.
Next, you’ll enter the new value for the Attribute. Enter ‘Dry clean’ in the text field.
Once you’ve filled in this field, click the Next button.
Now, you’ll decide When to execute?
You’ll set this Bulk Edit to Bulk Set Attribute on the filtered products only once, to correct this one-time error.
To do this, select ‘Run once’ from the Execution dropdown list. (You can hover over the ‘?’ symbol to display definitions.)
Once you’ve selected a value for this field, click the Next button.
Lastly, you’ll Review and Confirm all details.
In the Review and Confirm step, in the Save as box, the Bulk edit name and Filter name will have a system-generated value.
Enter ‘Set Care Instructions to Dry clean’ as the Bulk edit name. N.B. This field must not be left blank.
Next, set the Bulk edit status to active.
Then, enter ‘Silk Products’ as the Filter name.
Once you’ve filled in these fields, click Confirm.
A slide-in message appears confirming the Bulk Edit operation has been saved.
You are then taken to the Bulk Edits page where your Bulk Edit, which you’ll use to perform Bulk Set Attribute, will be listed.
Next, you’ll manually execute your Bulk Edit to perform Bulk Set Attribute.
Click the ellipsis next to your Bulk Edit and select ‘Execute Bulk Edit’.
A dialog box opens asking you to confirm your selection. Click OK to continue.
A slide-in message appears confirming your Bulk Set Attribute job has been triggered (i.e. executed).
Click Scheduled Jobs in the main menu to check your Bulk Set Attribute job has executed successfully.
The Scheduled Jobs page opens. Your Bulk Set Attribute job now appears at the top of the list.
The job Status is ‘Completed’ and the Result is ‘Success’. This means your Bulk Set Attribute job executed without errors.
Next, to check your Bulk Set Attribute performed as expected, return to the Manage Products page under Products.
Load the product filter associated with your Bulk Edit to produce the list of affected products.
To check that the Care Instructions Attribute value has updated correctly on the products, click the Product Code ‘retro-swirl-shirt’.
The Edit Product page opens showing the General tab for the product.
You’ll see that the product’s Care Instructions Attribute now has the updated value of ‘Dry clean’ assigned to it.
This ends the example of performing Bulk Set Attribute to update Attribute values on multiple products automatically.