Content

1. Install module
2. Configuration
3. Set user permission
4. Edit your product characteristics in description field
5. Characteristics overview
6. Product search by characteristics (product overview)
7. Product search by characteristics (inline search in documents)

Install module

There are no dependencies other than flectra base apps, so you can simply install it.

Configuration

Choose how to generate product characteristics text. The parameters are available in sales main settings

1. Append product characteristics to name field of document line
2. Generate text with product characteristics in separate field

Please note:

Go to Sales > Configuration > Products > Product Characteristics to select documents, on which to show product characteristics.

After selection (1) the product characteristics will be displayed inline:

You can define the visibility in documents for every characteristic separately. Find the settings under characteristics overview.

By selecting option (2), the generated product characteristics can be printed wherever you want it by using the separate field.

Set user permission

By default, users are not allowed to create new product characteristics. In order to grant your users these rights, you have to set "Manage Product Characteristic Values" in the technical features of the user.

Edit your product characteristics in description field

Product characteristics are appended to existing text in the description field, as a list of type-value-pairs. The list of characteristics is ordered by sequence, which can be altered in characteristics configuration.

With the following video you can see how a new characteristic is created and applied in a product.

You can define the following type by “Base Options”:

• char: Normal text
• float: Number with decimals
• date: Date field
• int: Number
• time: Time, saved as float value
• datetime: Date and Time
• selection: Single selection of given value
• selection product template: Single selection of a product template
• selection product variant: Single selection of a product variant
• multisel: Multiple selection of values
• multisel product templates: Multiple selection of product templates
• multisel product variants: Multiple selection of product variants

Characteristics overview

Under Sale => Configuration => Products => Product Characteristics you see all created characteristics. You can also edit them here or make assignments.

Product search by characteristics (product overview)

Products can be searched for characteristic types and values. The search criteria are processed using the $ sign.

• <characteristic type>&<value> searches for exactly the specified type-value combination
• <characteristic type>$ searches for products where the specified characteristic type is set
• $<value> searches for products, where the given characteristic value is set

Example for searching “Cable-length” with “10”: