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Attribute control for many products at once

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30 Mar 2011, 9:29 AM
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Attribute control for many products at once

Hi,

I wish to add more sizes to my rings.

Problem is: I have hundreds of products... Is there any way to update them all at once? not having to do it manually for each?
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Thank you
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30 Mar 2011, 2:44 PM
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Re: Attribute control for many products at once

Do the new attributes have prices or are they just sizes?

If a Product has the Option Name: Ring Size (assuming this is the Option Name that needs the new sizes) ... do ALL Products that have the Option Name: Ring Size need to have ALL of the Option Values that are assigned to Ring Size?

30 Mar 2011, 2:51 PM
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Re: Attribute control for many products at once

  • Only different sizes - Prices are the same for all sizes of same product.

  • All the products with "Ring size" must contain all the values

30 Mar 2011, 3:52 PM
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Re: Attribute control for many products at once

I am assuming that if all the prices are the same that the price is on the Product and not on the Attributes ... correct?

There is a feature in the Catalog ... Option Names ... where you can add ALL of the Option Values to ALL Products that contain 1 or more Option Values for that specific Option Name ...

1 Backup your database

2 I would take the site down for maintenance until you test that this worked correctly

3 Go to Catalog ... Option Name ...

4 Find the setting for:

Add ALL Option Values to ALL products for Option Name
Update ALL existing products that have at least ONE Option Value and Add ALL Option Values in an Option Name

5 Select the Option Name for the Ring Size from the Dropdown

6 Be sure you BACKED UP YOUR DATABASE

7 Click Update

8 go review your Products to ensure the Ring Sizes look right

9 Bring the site back off of Down for Maintenance once all is working correctly