Product attributes
Product attributes are a set of attributes that define a product.
Product attributes are typically grouped into a set of core and extension attributes. The core attributes are common for all the enterprise products, for example, the UPC attribute. The extension attributes are specific to certain product types or categories, for example, the screen size attribute. Product Master also supports relationship data, for example, cross-sell, up-sell, and other relationship data.
Product Master serves
as a system of record for referential attributes.
Restrictions:
- Handle the attributes that are transactional or volatile in nature outside of a Product Master Server system by using the appropriate consuming applications. For example, current price is handled by a pricing engine.
- Do not model attributes whose values are derived by business logic from the external applications in your Product Master Server system. You can keep such data in a Product Master Server system as read only, but if you do this, you need an update mechanism to keep the data in sync. In addition, keeping such data in a PIM system can add unnecessary load and high availability requirements.