Create a Department Category Attribute

    Creating a department category attribute is great for business who sells a large variety of products. With this attribute, you will be able to assign specific departments to categories and generate reports based on departments.

    1. Go to Items.

    2. Press View Categories in the upper right corner.

    3. Press Category Attributes in the upper right corner.

    4. Press + New Category Attribute in the upper right corner.

    5. In the field under ATTRIBUTE CODE(E.G., DRIVERS_LICENSE), enter the code department.

    6. In the field under ATTRIBUTE NAME, enter the name Department or the name you want to appear to the user.

    7. From the drop-down menu under CUSTOM ATTRIBUTE TYPE, select String.

    8. From the drop-down menu under FRONTEND INPUT TYPE, choose Select.

    9. An additional field will appear where you can press + Add New to add the names of the departments that you want the user to choose from.

    10. In the field under UI COLUMN SIZE IN POS, enter a value from 1-12. This value represents how wide the field is going to be and should be based on how many characters the average response will require. The most common values for Department Category Attributes are between 3 and 6.

    11. Press Save Changes.