{"id":191641,"date":"2019-06-11T11:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T09:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/creating-characteristics\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:53:42","slug":"creating-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/en\/jtl-wawi\/items\/creating-characteristics\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating characteristics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; responsive=&#8221;{&#8220;col&#8220;: &#8220;12&#8220;, &#8220;order-md&#8220;: &#8220;1&#8220;, &#8220;col-lg&#8220;: &#8220;4&#8220;, &#8220;order-lg&#8220;: &#8220;12&#8220;}&#8221; advanced=&#8221;{&#8220;class&#8220;: &#8220;&#8220;, &#8220;hash&#8220;: &#8220;&#8220;}&#8221;]<div id=\"toc\">\n\t<div class=\"card border-0 bg-rysywhite mt-0 mt-lg-5 mb-5 w-100\" data-toc-element>\n\t\t<div class=\"d-none d-lg-flex flex-column\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-layers mx-auto mt--4 fa-fw fa-3x text-shaftblue\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-inverse fa-list-ul\" data-fa-transform=\"shrink-8\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"font-weight-bold text-shaftblue text-center h5 mt-3 mb-0\">Contents<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"d-block d-lg-none\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"text-decoration-none card-header-link collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-toc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-toc\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-header d-flex bg-white align-items-center\" role=\"tab\" id=\"heading-toc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"h4 mb-0 d-flex align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-layers fa-fw fa-2x mr-2 text-shaftblue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-inverse fa-list-ul\" data-fa-transform=\"shrink-8\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Contents<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"flex-shrink-0 ml-auto fas fa-caret-down text-gray\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"collapse-toc\" class=\"collapse show\" data-parent=\"#toc\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-toc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body p-4 table-of-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul data-toc-headings=\"h2,h3\" data-toc class=\"list-wawi\"><\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column responsive=&#8221;{&#8220;col&#8220;: &#8220;12&#8220;, &#8220;col-md&#8220;: &#8220;8&#8220;, &#8220;order-md&#8220;: &#8220;12&#8220;, &#8220;order-lg&#8220;: &#8220;1&#8220;}&#8221; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; advanced=&#8221;{&#8220;class&#8220;: &#8220;&#8220;, &#8220;hash&#8220;: &#8220;&#8220;}&#8221;]<h1 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"creating-characteristics\">Creating characteristics <span id='anchor-creating-characteristics' data-href='#creating-characteristics' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h1><div class=\"custom-box\">\n\t<div class=\"d-flex align-items-center mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mr-3 fa-stack flex-shrink-0 fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x text-shaftblue\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"flex-shrink-0 fas fa-clipboard-list text-white fa-stack-1x\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"mb-0 \" id=\"your-task-initial-situation\">Your task\/initial situation <span id='anchor-your-task-initial-situation' data-href='#your-task-initial-situation' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h3>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\tYou are selling items via an online shop. In order to offer your customers better filtering options, you would like to create characteristics in addition to categories, which your customers can use for more specific filtering.\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel-1024x680.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel-1024x680.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel-768x510.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"680\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1403,&quot;h&quot;:932}\" class=\"border-gray border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media-object media-object-border d-flex align-items-top\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mt-1 mr-3 fa-stack flex-shrink-0 fa-1x columnsize-fa-2x\">\n\t\t<span class=\"far fa-circle fa-stack-2x text-wawi\"><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-search-plus text-wawi fa-stack-1x\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"media-content border-wawi\">\n\t\n\t\t\tTo learn how to change the design of characteristics in JTL-Shop, please read the respective JTL-Shop help pages: <span style=\"color: #5cbcf6;\"><a style=\"color: #5cbcf6;\" href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/en\/jtl-shop\/appearance\/displaying-characteristics\/\">Characteristics in JTL-Shop<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"general-information-on-characteristics\">General information on characteristics <span id='anchor-general-information-on-characteristics' data-href='#general-information-on-characteristics' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h2>\t<p>In addition to online shop categories, characteristics can help your customers filter items. Consider the following points to achieve this added value in the best possible way for your customers:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-reset ml-3 list-icons list-custom-square list-wawi\">\n\t<li >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"list-icon fas fa-square\"><\/span>\t\tAssign clear and expressive characteristic names and characteristic values.\t<\/li><li >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"list-icon fas fa-square\"><\/span>\t\tClearly distinguish the characteristic names and characteristic values from your normal category navigation.\t<\/li><li >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"list-icon fas fa-square\"><\/span>\t\tBuild a consistent and logical characteristic structure and characteristic hierarchy.\t<\/li><li >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"list-icon fas fa-square\"><\/span>\t\tDo not use too few nor too many characteristics and characteristic values.\t<\/li><li >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"list-icon fas fa-square\"><\/span>\t\tThe order of characteristic values in JTL-Shop is the same as in the characteristics management.\t<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"creating-characteristics-2\">Creating characteristics <span id='anchor-creating-characteristics-2' data-href='#creating-characteristics-2' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h2>\t<p>In JTL-Wawi, characteristics always consist of the characteristics themselves and their different values.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tGo to the menu <span class=\"highlight\">Item &gt; Characteristics<\/span>. The dialogue box <span class=\"highlight\">Creating and editing characteristics and characteristic values<\/span> opens.<\/li><\/ol><div id=\"parent_69d1323a6384c\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"accordion mb-5 parent_69d1323a6384c\">\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n\t<div class=\"accordion-header no-gradient collapsed\" role=\"tab\" id=\"group_69d1323a639c1\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#group_69d1323a639c1_collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"group_69d1323a639c1_collapse\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-title\">\n\t\t\tDescription of the dialogue box \u201cCreating and editing characteristics and characteristic values\u201d\t\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-caret-up indicator\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"group_69d1323a639c1_collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"group_69d1323a639c1\" data-parent=\".parent_69d1323a6384c\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tClick <span class=\"highlight\">Create characteristic<\/span> to create a new characteristic for your items.<\/li><li class=\"media-single-line\">\n\tIn the <span class=\"highlight\">Name<\/span> group box, add other languages that you maintain in JTL-Wawi.<\/li><li >\n\tActivate the individual check boxes in the <span class=\"highlight\">Displaying options<\/span> group box according to your requirements.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3-1024x705.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3-1024x705.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3-768x529.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"705\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Merkmal-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1330,&quot;h&quot;:916}\" class=\"border-defaultgray border-w-1 border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ol start=\"5\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li class=\"media-single-line\">\n\tClick <span class=\"highlight\">Create value<\/span> to add a value to the characteristic.<\/li><li >\n\t<span class=\"highlight\">Name<\/span> the characteristic and add a <span class=\"highlight\">Description<\/span> in the <span class=\"highlight\">Definition<\/span> group box. Via the button <span class=\"highlight\">HTML editor<\/span>, you can edit the layout of the description.<\/li><li class=\"media-single-line\">\n\tIn the <span class=\"highlight\">Image<\/span> group box, you can add an image to the characteristic by clicking <span class=\"highlight\">Import<\/span>.<\/li><li >\n\tIn the <span class=\"highlight\">Meta data (SEO)<\/span> section, adjust your settings for the <span class=\"highlight\">URL path<\/span>, <span class=\"highlight\">Title tag<\/span>\u00a0and <span class=\"highlight\">Meta description<\/span>. In the <span class=\"highlight\">Google preview<\/span> field, you can see how your item will be displayed in the Google Search Results.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalwert-definieren-jtl-wawi-2.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalwert-definieren-jtl-wawi-2-1024x702.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalwert-definieren-jtl-wawi-2.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalwert-definieren-jtl-wawi-2-1024x702.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalwert-definieren-jtl-wawi-2-768x527.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"702\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Merkmalwert-definieren-jtl-wawi-2.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1333,&quot;h&quot;:914}\" class=\"border-defaultgray border-w-1 border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ol start=\"9\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tIf you are creating several characteristics, you can either sort them by ticking the check box <span class=\"highlight\">Sort characteristics alphabetically<\/span> or sort them manually by using the <span class=\"highlight\">arrow buttons<\/span>. To delete a characteristic, select it and click <span class=\"highlight\">Delete highlighted<\/span>.<\/li><\/ol>\t<p>You have created a characteristic with multiple values, which you can now assign to an item.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"defining-global-characteristics\">Defining global characteristics <span id='anchor-defining-global-characteristics' data-href='#defining-global-characteristics' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h3>\t<p>Characteristics are usually only visible for your customers when they enter a certain category of your online shop. This allows your customers to filter display results more specifically. However, if you want your customers to have the option of selecting characteristics already on the start page of your JTL-Shop, you can define a feature as a global feature.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object media-object-border d-flex align-items-top\">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"mt-1 mr-3 flex-shrink-0 far fa-info-circle fa-2x columnsize-fa-2x text-wawi\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"media-content border-wawi\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<b>Note for users of JTL-Shop:\u00a0<\/b>For this to work you need to go to the back end of your JTL-Shop and add the box <span class=\"highlight\">Global characteristics<\/span> under <span class=\"highlight\">Contents &gt; Box administration<\/span>. It must also be visible. Please note that you cannot define characteristics as global characteristics in JTL-Shop 5.\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tOpen an existing characteristic or create a characteristic and activate the check box <span class=\"highlight\">Use as item characteristic in online shop<\/span>.<\/li><li class=\"media-single-line\">\n\tThen activate the check box <span class=\"highlight\">Global characteristic (from JTL-Shop 3)<\/span>.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Globales-Merkmal-jtl-wawi-3.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Globales-Merkmal-jtl-wawi-3-1024x702.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Globales-Merkmal-jtl-wawi-3.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Globales-Merkmal-jtl-wawi-3-1024x702.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Globales-Merkmal-jtl-wawi-3-768x526.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"702\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Globales-Merkmal-jtl-wawi-3.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1334,&quot;h&quot;:914}\" class=\"border-defaultgray border-w-1 border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ol start=\"3\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li class=\"media-single-line\">\n\tClose the dialogue box with <span class=\"highlight\">Save<\/span>.<\/li><\/ol>\t<p>The characteristic you have created, and its values, will now be used in JTL\u2013Shop as a global characteristic.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"creating-characteristic-groups\">Creating characteristic groups <span id='anchor-creating-characteristic-groups' data-href='#creating-characteristic-groups' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h3>\t<p>Characteristic groups only have the purpose of providing a clearer overview of the different characteristics in JTL-Wawi.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tIn the dialogue box <span class=\"highlight\">Creating and editing characteristics and characteristic values<\/span>, click <span class=\"highlight\">Characteristic groups<\/span> in the bottom left corner. The dialogue box <span class=\"highlight\">Creating and editing characteristic groups<\/span> opens.<\/li><li >\n\tClick <span class=\"highlight\">Create<\/span> to add a new characteristic group. Then assign a name for this group in the <span class=\"highlight\">Details<\/span> pane.<\/li><li >\n\tSelect the desired characteristics and click on the left <span class=\"highlight\">arrow button<\/span> to add them to the characteristics group.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalgruppe-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalgruppe-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3-1024x632.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalgruppe-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalgruppe-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3-1024x632.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmalgruppe-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3-768x474.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"632\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Merkmalgruppe-anlegen-jtl-wawi-3.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1302,&quot;h&quot;:803}\" class=\"border-defaultgray border-w-1 border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li class=\"media-single-line\">\n\tClose the dialogue box with <span class=\"highlight\">Save<\/span>.<\/li><\/ol>\t<p>You have now combined your characteristics into a characteristic group for your own overview in JTL-Wawi.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"assigning-characteristics\">Assigning characteristics <span id='anchor-assigning-characteristics' data-href='#assigning-characteristics' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h2>\t<p>In JTL-Wawi you can assign any number of characteristics to your item so that your customers can use them for more specific filtering.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tOpen the item master data of the item to which you want to assign characteristics and switch to the <span class=\"highlight\">Attributes\/Characteristics<\/span> tab.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2-1024x646.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2-1024x646.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Merkmal-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2-768x484.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"646\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Merkmal-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1334,&quot;h&quot;:841}\" class=\"border-defaultgray border-w-1 border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ol start=\"2\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tClick <span class=\"highlight\">Assign characteristic<\/span> below the <span class=\"highlight\">Characteristics<\/span> table. The dialogue box <span class=\"highlight\">Assigning characteristics<\/span> opens.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Dialogfenster-Merkmale-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Dialogfenster-Merkmale-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2-1024x627.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Dialogfenster-Merkmale-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Dialogfenster-Merkmale-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2-1024x627.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Dialogfenster-Merkmale-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2-768x470.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"627\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Dialogfenster-Merkmale-zuweisen-jtl-wawi-2.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1301,&quot;h&quot;:796}\" class=\"border-defaultgray border-w-1 border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media-object media-object-border d-flex align-items-top\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mt-1 mr-3 fa-stack flex-shrink-0 fa-1x columnsize-fa-2x\">\n\t\t<span class=\"far fa-circle fa-stack-2x text-wawi\"><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-search-plus text-wawi fa-stack-1x\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"media-content border-wawi\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<strong>Please note:<\/strong> If you are maintaining the characteristics in characteristic groups, you will see the corresponding groups in the <span class=\"highlight\">Characteristic group<\/span> column. Otherwise, you will only see the list entry <span class=\"highlight\">All characteristics<\/span>, under which all the characteristics you have created are listed.\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tSelect the desired <span class=\"highlight\">Characteristic group<\/span>. You will then see all created or assigned characteristics in the <span class=\"highlight\">Characteristic<\/span> column.<\/li><li >\n\tSelect the desired <span class=\"highlight\">Characteristic<\/span>. In the <span class=\"highlight\">Values<\/span> column, you will then see the individual characteristic values.<\/li><li >\n\tSelect the desired characteristic value and click on the <span class=\"highlight\">arrow button<\/span>. The characteristic and the characteristic value are now transferred to the <span class=\"highlight\">Already assigned<\/span> list on the right-hand side.<\/li><\/ol>\t<p>You can repeat this process and assign multiple characteristics and characteristic values to the item. The selected characteristics and characteristic values are listed in the assignment window.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"list-reset step mb-5 list-wawi normal-step\">\n\t<li >\n\tClose the dialogue box with <span class=\"highlight\">Save<\/span> after you have finished assigning the characteristics and characteristic values. Your completed characteristic assignments for the selected item are transferred to the item master data.<\/li><li class=\"media-single-line\">\n\tClose the item master data by clicking <span class=\"highlight\">Save<\/span>.<\/li><\/ol>\t<p>The characteristics assignments will be transferred to your online shop during the next synchronisation. If you want to deactivate characteristics that you have already assigned, you can select the respective characteristic in the item master data and click <span class=\"highlight\">Remove<\/span>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-gallery>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel-1024x680.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel.png 1600w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel-1024x680.png 1024w,https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/uploads\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel-768x510.png 640w\" width=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20em) 30vw, (max-width: 30em) 60vw, (max-width: 40em) 90vw\" height=\"680\" data-pswp=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/guide.jtl-software.com\\\/uploads\\\/Jtl-wawi-artikel-000-merkmale-beispiel.png&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:1403,&quot;h&quot;:932}\" class=\"border-gray border img-fluid mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"other\">Other <span id='anchor-other' data-href='#other' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h2><h3 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"characteristics-and-child-items\">Characteristics and child items <span id='anchor-characteristics-and-child-items' data-href='#characteristics-and-child-items' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h3>\t<p>Please note that in JTL-Shop only the characteristics assigned to displayed child items are shown with the parent item. Characteristics that are only assigned to the parent items are not transferred to JTL-Shop and are therefore not displayed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi\" id=\"characteristics-and-similar-items\">Characteristics and similar items <span id='anchor-characteristics-and-similar-items' data-href='#characteristics-and-similar-items' class='far fa-link' data-anchor><\/span><\/h3>\t<p>As a standard feature, for every item in your online shop, <span class=\"highlight\">Similar items<\/span> are shown on the item detail page. JTL-Shop compares the characteristics of the viewed item with the other items and displays similar items with the highest number of identical characteristics. If you do not use characteristics in JTL-Shop, similar items are picked from the search list or the assigned item tags.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 card\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-layers mx-auto mt--4 fa-fw fa-3x text-wawi\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span data-fa-transform=\"shrink-8\" class=\"fas fa-link fa-inverse\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body p-4\">\n\t\t<p class=\"d-flex align-items-center hl-wawi h4\">Related topics<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-reset list-icons list-custom-square list-wawi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/en\/jtl-wawi\/items\/dialogue-box-creating-and-editing-characteristics-characteristic-values\/\" title=\"Dialogue box: Creating and editing characteristics and characteristic values\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"list-icon fas fa-square\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\tDialogue box: Creating and editing characteristics and characteristic values\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/en\/jtl-wawi\/items\/item-master-data-attributes-characteristics\/\" title=\"Item master data: Attributes\/Characteristics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"list-icon fas fa-square\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\tItem master data: Attributes\/Characteristics\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contents Contents Item master data: Attributes\/Characteristics On this page you will find a detailed description of all the options in <a href=\"https:\/\/guide.jtl-software.com\/en\/jtl-wawi\/items\/item-master-data-suppliers\/\">[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":191800,"menu_order":706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191641","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pages_category-merkmale-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Creating characteristics &#8211; 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