Using Clusters

The fact that clusters are freely definable provides you with a powerful tool for assigning standard features and categories to products:

•You can create as many clusters as you need

•You can assign an unlimited amount of clusters to each product

•When creating clusters, you can combine as few or many details as you like

•You can filter the article list by cluster. Therefore, clusters can be used to bulk edit products/articles

Some examples of the uses of clusters:

•Assigning channel categories: During import, you can automatically assign your product to a channel category for each active channel. Configure the corresponding fields of a cluster and save your entries. Instead of providing each channel's category ID in your import file, you now only need to provide the ID of the corresponding cluster. Your imported products will then be categorized accordingly.

•Assigning product data: Assume you are selling shoes with various components and attributes that are applicable at the product level for many of your goods. Variants are created via the size. Instead of providing all components/attributes for each product individually, assign them to a new cluster. You now only need to specify the cluster's import key in the import file to automatically assign all product properties (optionally with values).

For further information, see also:

•Assigning clusters manually

•Assigning clusters via CSV

•Assigning clusters via XML

•Comparison of internal categories and clusters

•Configuration of the application of clusters

•Defining clusters (overview)

•Overview of the cluster menu and its filters

•Creating/configuring clusters

•Bulk editing clusters

•Import settings: assigning categories via clusters