How to Create Product Attribute in Magento 2

Store owners can choose the way to create Attribute either during working on a product or from the Product Attributes page. In this topic I will introduce an easy way to create product attribute in Magento 2. Make sure you complete all three following steps to get the task done. You can add a new product attribute set here. Build a product recommendation system like Amazon, see how.

Following the easy guide given below to create product attribute in Magento 2

To Create Product Attribute in Magento 2

• Step 1: Complete Basic and Advanced Properties information
• Step 2: Manage Labels Enter the Field Label
• Step 3: Describe the Storefront Properties

Step 1: Complete Basic and Advanced Properties information

• On the Admin panel, click Stores. In the Attributes section, select Product
• Click Add New Attribute button
• In the Attribute Properties section, do the following

• In the Default Label, enter a default label to indentify the attribute
• In the Catalog Input Type for Store Owner field, select the type in input control to be used for data entry
  • Text Field
  • Text Area
  • Date
  • Yes/No
  • Multiple Select
  • Dropdown
  • Price
  • Media Image
  • Fix Product Tax
  • Visual Swatch
  • Text Swatch

Note: If you use Dropdown and Multiple Select input types, do the following

• Under Manage Options section, click Add Option button

• Select Default if you use the option as the default value
• If you have only one store view, let enter only the Admin value and it will be used for the storefront as well
• If you have multi store views, let enter one value for the Admin and a translation of the value for each store view.
• Click on Add Option to create multi options that you want to include in the list
• In the Values Required field, select Yes if you want to require the customers to choose an option before they can purchase products
• In the Advanced Attribute Properties section, complete the following (If needed)
  • In the Attribut Code field, enter a unique Attribute Code in lowercase characters, and without spaces.
  • In the Scope field, select one of the following to indicate where in your store hierarchy the attribute can be used
    • Website
    • Store view
    • Global
  • In the Unique Value field, set to Yes if you want to prevent duplicate values from being entered
  • In the Add to Column Options field, set to Yes to add this attribute to the list of column options in the product grid.
  • In the Use in Filter Options field, set to “Yes” to add this attribute to the list of filter options in the product grid.

Step 2: Manage Labels

• Open the Manage Labels section, do the following

• Enter a title to be used as a label for the field. If your store is available in different languages, you can enter a translated title for each view.

Step 3: Describe the Storefront Propertiesm

• Open the Storefront Properties section, do the following

• In the Use in Search field, set to Yes if the attribute is to be available for search
• In the Comparable on Storefront field, set to Yes to include the attribute in Product Compare
• In the Use in Layered navigation field, set to Yes if you want to use the attribute as a filter in layered navigation
• In the Use in Search Results Layered Navigation field, set to Yes if you want to use the attribute in layered navigation on search results pages
• In the Position field, enter a number to indicate the relative position of the attribute in the layered navigation block
• In the Use for Promo Rule Conditions field, set to Yes to use the attribute in price rules
• In the Allow HTML Tags on Frontend field, set to Yes to allow the text to be formatted with HTML
• In the Visible on Catalog Pages on Storefront field, set to Yes to include the attribute in catalog page listings
• In the Used in Product Listing field, set to Yes to include the attribute in product listings
• In the Used for Sorting in Product Listing field, set to Yes to use attribute as a sort parameter for product listings
• When complete, click Save Attribute button.

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