Configuration Attributes

Overview

Configurable attributes define the characteristics of Product Families that can be specified by the user. Much of the functionality of the Configurator requires the use of these attributes. They are used in search flows, configuration flows, and every type of configuration rule.

Beginning in 19D, Price attributes can be mapped to configurable attributes so that the Pricing Engine remains the central pricing logic manager for the products. The Pricing Engine can then support pricing updates from either a Product Configuration change or from a Commerce Transaction change.

In 19D and later there are two types of configuration attributes: configurable attributes and signed punch-in attributes.

Configurable Attributes

Configurable attributes can be of float, integer, HTML, date, currency, boolean, or text data type. The status of configurable attributes can be active, inactive, or internal. Configurable attributes can also be made active during certain time periods by specifying start and end dates.

Configurable attributes can be created as menus or text fields.

• Menus enable you to designate specific values (a discrete set of values) from which a user can choose one or more items.
• Text fields are more open-ended, allowing the user to type in values.

Configurable attributes can be defined as stand-alone attributes or as arrays. Array attributes group multiple scalar attributes. Usually, the size of an array attribute is specified by a control attribute.

Signed Punch-In Attributes

Oracle CPQ 19D introduces Signed Punch-in attributes to ensure proper pricing information is provided only to the designated buyer. These attributes function identically to Configurable attributes except they require verification of digital signature data before pricing data is provided to the end customer. The digital signature includes the configurable attribute request data and encoded key pairing of the Oracle CPQ public key and customer private key. Refer to Signed Punch-in Attributes for detailed information.

Signed Punch-in attributes can be of float, integer, date, currency, boolean, or text data type. The status of signed punch-in attributes can be active, inactive, or internal. Signed Punch-in attributes can also be made active during certain time periods by specifying start and end dates.

Signed Punch-in attributes can only be created as text fields.

Administration

Accessing the Attributes Administration List Page

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Adding an Attribute

1. Navigate to the Attributes Administration List page.

   1. Click Admin to go to the Admin Home Page.

   2. Click Catalog Definition in the Products section.

      The Supported Products page opens.

   3. In the Navigation column, select Attributes and then click List.

      The Attributes Administration List page opens.

2. Click Add.

   The Attribute Editor page opens.

   

3. Enter information for the items shown in the following table.

   Information	Settings
   Name	Required. The name of the configuration attribute
   Variable Name	Required. The Variable Name field populates automatically. Variable names can only contain alpha-numeric characters and underscores. The entry can be changed before saving, but after saving the value is read-only. Note: Customers should not use any of the following names for Configuration attribute variable names. Using these values may cause issues with customer configurations and could possibly alter site functionality. action_id bm_cm_process_id _bom_ bs_id commerce_doc_url_params commerce_list_id document_id document_number folder_id formaction from_config scrollTop shopping_cart_id step_id token version_id
   Category	Required. Select Configurable Attribute or Signed Punch-in Attribute. A Signed Punch-in Attribute functions identically to Configuration attributes except they require verification of digital signature data before pricing data is provided to the end customer. See Signed Punch-in Attributes for more information. Signed Punch-in Attributes cannot be Array attributes, Multi Select Menu attributes, Single Select Menu attributes, Picklist attributes, and HTML attributes.
   Array Type	Designates that the attribute can be used as a column in an array set. For more information, see the topic Managing Arrays and Sets.
   Data Type	Required. Select Text, Float, Integer, HTML, Date, Currency, or Boolean. See the following table for more information.
   Attribute Type	Select Text Field, Single Select Menu, Multi Select Menu, or Single Select Pick List.

   Depending on which Category and Data Type you select, you will see different choices.

   Data Type	Attribute Type	Panel
   Text	Text Field Single Select Menu Multi Select Menu Single Select Pick List	No
   Float	Text Field Single Select Menu Multi Select Menu Single Select Pick List	No
   Integer	Text Field Single Select Menu Multi Select Menu Single Select Pick List	Part Information
   HTML	none	none
   Date	none	none
   Currency	none	none
   Boolean	none	Part Information

4. Click Add to proceed to the Attribute Editor specific to your type of attribute (for example, the Text Attribute Editor), or click Add and New to create the attribute and return to the same blank Attribute Editor page.

   For more information on how to finish entering your configuration attribute, go to the corresponding topic for the Attribute Type:

   • Boolean
   • Currency
   • Date
   • Float and Integer
   • HTML
   • Text

   For a Text, Float, or Integer Data Type that has an Attribute Type of Single Select Menu or Multi Select Menu, see the topic Menu Attributes.

   For a Text, Float, or Integer Data Type that has an Attribute Type of Single Select Pick List, see the topic Single Select Pick Lists.

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Cloning an Attribute

Deleting an Attribute Watch Video  

Ordering Configuration Attributes

Notes

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