Deleting Values
The operation can be performed via the context menu or using the Del key. You can delete a Value, a Template, or multiple items at once (using multi-selection).
This operation is actually quite complex. You need to fully understand the mechanism behind pressing a single key.
Remember that Values or product characteristic descriptions are regular text fields linked to a specific product. They do not have unique IDs. This means they are stored as plain text within each product in the database. Therefore, they can only be deleted from products.
Essentially, deleting Values is the operation of removing an Attribute from a product if the Value of this Attribute matches the specified sample.
Suppose there is a product or products where the Attribute Test attribute 3.1 has the Value test value 3.2.1.
And there is a product or products where the Attribute Test attribute 3.1 has the Value test value 3.2.2.
We need to remove the Attribute Test attribute 3.1 from all products if it has the Value test value 3.2.1.
If we were to do this manually, we would have to open each product, review the list of Attributes and Values, and click the Delete button if the value matched test value 3.2.1.
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| Manually deleting Values |
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| Skipping upon mismatch |
Now, this operation can be performed with a single click for all products.
Deleting Multiple Values
Everything would be fine if the product had only one Value (one characteristic for a single Attribute), but often, there are multiple values. What should we do if we have a product or products where the Attribute Test attribute 3.1 has a compound Value test value 3.2.1/test value 3.2.2? Delete it or keep it?
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To avoid ambiguity, the module provides several deletion modes.
Deleting Templates (nodes with the parent Templates) is always done by an exact match of the field in the product with the entire Template.
Deleting Values (nodes with the parent Values) depends on the Value Comparison setting. In any case, this is deletion by the occurrence of a sample (Value) within the product field. The setting allows comparing each Value written separated by a delimiter against the sample.
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| By Exact Match |
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| By Substring Matching |
Difference Between Deleting Templates and Values
Deleting a Template means deleting by an exact match of the field in the product with the sample.
Deleting a Value means deleting by the occurrence of the sample in the product field.
⚠ Caution! If you delete Values, all Templates containing the selected Value will also be deleted.