Field Properties
A field configuration is a set of rules that determines which fields are available for a catalog.
The Field Configuration feature has been introduced to streamline the management of fields within your catalog. Over time, businesses can accumulate many irrelevant and unused fields that affect the efficiency of search and browse operations, particularly when creating promotions, facets, and banners. These excessive fields increase API costs, consume unnecessary resources, and degrade system performance.
Imagine you are a merchandiser managing an online catalog. You have many fields that are not used for promotions, banners, or facets, but they are still part of the catalog’s backend. As a result, you face higher costs due to the unnecessary API calls, and your system is slowed down due to indexing irrelevant fields. With Field Configuration, you can easily manage and streamline which fields are used for specific operations, optimizing your workflow and saving on API costs.
Key Features of Field Configuration
- Optimization: Reduces unnecessary field usage by limiting fields to only those necessary for operations such as promotions, facets, or autosuggest features.
- Performance Boost: By reducing the number of active fields, it helps in improving the overall system performance by lowering indexing times and reducing API load.
- Cost Savings: Minimizes API calls and reduces operational costs by restricting the number of active fields.
Navigate to Manage > Catalog > Field Properties from Unbxd console to gain insights of your Field Configuration properties.
Properties of Field Configuration
The Field Configuration feature offers several key properties that allow you to configure your catalog fields with features.
Refer below to understand the available fields on the panel.
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Field Names: This specifies the name of field used in the system.
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Multi-Valued: It specifies if the field can contain multiple values. It can either be True or False.
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Features: Merchandisers can assign specific tags to available fields which are of following types:
Feature Type Description Merchandisable This field will only be available in the promotion section in Filter. Facetable This field will only appear in the Facets and Banners section. Autosuggest Only fields marked as Autosuggest will appear in keyword suggestions, infield suggestions, and search fields under the popular products section. Searchable Only fields marked as searchable in catatlog will be used for indexing. FieldRule Fields marked as FieldRule will be available to create field based rules in Facets and Banners.
Enable Field properties
Here are the other functionalities on the Segment dashboard.
1. Search a Field property
You can utilise the **Search **option to find relevant information of a specific field configuration using keywords quickly to edit and manage it.
2. Refresh the feed
If you dont see a field that is newly added to the feed, you can choose to refresh the page. This operation takes 20 seconds approximately.
3. Filter Fields
Use the Filter option to narrow your search for specific field names. This makes it easier to find fields when managing large catalogs.
Following capabilites are avaible in Filter:
| Option | Description |
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| Select features | Filter your available field name based based on the Feature type. |
| Field type is multi-valued | Filter based on whether a field can store multiple values. - All: Show all fields regardless of type. - True: Show only multi-valued fields. - False: Show only single-valued fields |
| Field type is dimension mapped | Filters based on whether a field is mapped to a product dimension. Refer here to understand Dimension Mapping. 1. All: Show all fields. 2. True: Show only fields mapped to dimensions. 3. False: Show only fields not mapped to dimensions. |
| Actions | 1. Reset Filters: Clears all selected filters. 2. Apply Filters: Applies the currently selected filters to the field list. |
4. Sync the field properties
Once you’ve enabled or disabled features, click the Sync button. This ensures that changes are reflected and indexed correctly. Without syncing, the feed won’t be indexed, which may lead to delays in applying the feature changes.
5. Ability to bulk export/import Field Configurations
The Bulk Export/Import Field Configurations feature allows users to manage and migrate field configuration settings efficiently across different environments. Bulk export/import enables you to streamline field management tasks. This feature saves time and effort by enabling easy migration of field settings while ensuring consistency and accuracy.
With Bulk Export/Import, users can:
- Export field configurations from the platform into a structured format (such as CSV or Excel), allowing for offline review or backup.
- Import field configurations back into the system, making it easier to apply pre-defined configurations across multiple fields without having to manually edit them one by one.
6. Action Button
Follow these steps to configure your fields and enable necessary features:
- Select Fields to Modify: Select one or more fields that need to be enabled for specific features.
- Bulk Enable Features: Click on the Action button and from the dropdown, click on “Bulk Enable Features”. A pop-up will appear where you can select the feature (e.g., “Merchandisable”, “Facetable”, or “Autosuggest”).
- Click Bulk Enable to activate the features for the selected fields.
- Bulk Disable Features: If you need to disable a feature for a field, follow the same steps and select Bulk Disable Features from the dropdown menu.