Deleting Values

The operation can be performed via the context menu or using the Del key. You can delete a Value, Template, or multiple items at once (using multi-select).

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 in each product's database entry. Therefore, they can only be deleted from products. Essentially, deleting Values means removing the Attribute from the product if the Attribute's Value matches the given sample.

For example, suppose there are products where the Attribute Test Attribute 3.1 has the Value test value 3.2.1.

And other products where the Attribute Test Attribute 3.1 has the Value test value 3.2.2.

We need to remove Attribute Test Attribute 3.1 from all products where it has the Value test value 3.2.1.

If we did this manually, we would have to open each product, review the list of Attributes and Values, and click Delete if the value matches test value 3.2.1.

Manually deleting Values

Manually no deleting Values

Now, this operation can be performed with a single click for all products.

Everything would be simple if a product had only one Value per Attribute, but often, there are multiple values. What if we also have products where Attribute Test Attribute 3.1 has Value test value 3.2.1/test value 3.2.2? Should we delete it or keep it?

Deleting multiple values

To avoid ambiguity, the module provides several deletion modes.

Deleting Templates (nodes under Templates) is always done by exact field matching in the product.

Deleting Values (nodes under Values) depends on the Value Comparison setting.

In any case, deletion is performed by checking if the Value sample exists in the product's field. The setting allows comparison with each Value separated by a delimiter.

By Exact Match

By Substring Matching

Difference Between Deleting Templates and Values

tip

Deleting a Template means removing an exact match of the field in the product.

Deleting a Value means removing the sample wherever it appears in the product field.

danger

⚠ Caution! If you delete Values, all Templates containing the selected Value will also be deleted.