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Inheritance via Taxonomy

Inheritance via Taxonomy is a feature that allows an article or product to receive predefined attributes set for a taxonomy.

Key Term:
  • Taxonomy: a taxonomy is a scheme of classification used for an organization’s products.
Description:
  • Inheritance defines a taxonomy, arranging the concepts from generalized to specialized.
  • The user can set the editable attributes and those that are inherited from the taxonomy.
Related topics:
Application:

  • Example:

    Let’s take for instance the energy drink “Red Bull”. It falls under Food & Beverages > Beverages > Energy Drinks. It is common for Beverages to have the properties such as ingredients and important notice so it is necessary for Energy Drinks to inherit such properties.

How-to: Inheritance via Taxonomy

Inheriting a subset of attributes from a taxonomy is easy, and here’s how to do it.


  1. On the home page, click the Administration icon.
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  1. On the Data Model tab, click Taxonomies. Then, Master Taxonomies.
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  1. Click on the “+” icon to create a new taxonomy and click the Create button.
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  1. Enter a name for the taxonomy then add property collection. Click Apply button to save the added property collection.
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  1. Select the type of coupling, enter the default value, and click Save.
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  1. Click Explore icon.
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  1. Go to PIM and select your product.
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  1. Click Add Taxonomy to add your created taxonomy. Go to Property Collection tab.
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Note: Attributes under “Dynamic Coupling” are not editable as these values are inherited. Attributes under “Tight Coupling” can be updated.

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Last updated: Jul 27, 2018

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