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Properties

This page explains the data fields that are available for exporting properties and property groups. This page serves purely as a reference and assumes that you already have a basic understanding of FormatDesigner and the Elastic Export.

Links are not exported

This format type exports information about properties and property groups. It does not export the links between variations and properties, i.e. it does not indicate which properties are linked to which variations. If you want to export such property links, then use the format type Item instead.

1. Group

1.1. id

The ID of the property group. The group ID is a unique and continuous number, which is used to clearly identify every property group.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Groups » [Open group] » Option: ID

Click on and decide which property group the ID should be exported for. Add this field multiple times if you want to export the IDs of several groups.

1.2. position

The position number of the property group.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Groups » [Open group] » Entry field: Position

Click on and decide which property group the position number should be exported for. Add this field multiple times if you want to export the positions of several groups.

2. GroupName

2.1. description

The description of the property group.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Groups » [Open group] » Entry field: Description

Click on and decide which property group and language the description should be exported for. Add this field multiple times if you want to export the description of several groups or in several languages.

2.2. name

The name of the property group.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Groups » [Open group] » Entry field: Name

Click on and decide which property group and language the name should be exported for. Add this field multiple times if you want to export the name of several groups or in several languages.

3. Property

3.1. allGroups

The names of all the groups that the property is assigned to. The group names are separated by commas.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Configuration » [Open property] » Area: Groups

3.2. cast

The type of the property.

Export values in CSV file Result in the back end

empty

None

date

Date

file

File

int

Whole number

float

Decimal number

string

Character string

html

HTML

text

Text

selection

Selection

multiSelection

Multi selection

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Configuration » [Open property] » Option: Type

3.3. id

The ID of the property. The property ID is a unique and continuous number, which is used to clearly identify every property.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Configuration » [Open property] » Option: ID

3.4. position

The position number of the property.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Configuration » [Open property] » Entry field: Position

3.5. typeIdentifier

The section of the property.

Export values in CSV file Result in the back end

item

Item

contact

Contact

stock

Storage location

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Configuration » [Open property] » Option: Section

4. PropertyName

4.1. description

The description of the property.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Configuration » [Open property] » Entry field: Description

Click on and decide which language the description should be exported in. Add this field multiple times if you want to export the description in several languages.

4.2. name

The name of the property.

Corresponds to the option in the menu: Setup » Settings » Properties » Configuration » [Open property] » Entry field: Name

Click on and decide which language the name should be exported in. Add this field multiple times if you want to export the name in several languages.

5. custom_value

Table 1 lists the fields available for exporting custom values.

Table 1. Fields for exporting custom values
Field Explanation

custom_value

Custom value

6. date

Table 2 lists the field available for exporting the current date. For further information, refer to this page .

Table 2. Field for exporting the current date
Field Explanation

date

Current date
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