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Configuring extended attributes in NewStore Associate App

You can enable associates to add information to orders and order items in NewStore Associate App in the form of extended attributes. For example, you can enable associates to enter a gift message for an order or specify a custom engraving on a piece of jewelry, and more.

For each individual attribute, you can configure:

  • A unique name

  • (Optional) A regular expression against which the input can be validated

  • A label and prompt message for the attribute, with translated versions for certain locales.

    The label and prompt properties must have an en translation. Other optional locales that NewStore supports are:

    • de
    • es
    • fr
    • it
    • ja
    • ko
    • zh

  • A custom keyboard

    Possible values for keyboard_type are:

    • default
    • email-address
    • phone-pad
    • decimal-pad
    • ascii-capable
    • url
    • twitter

  • (Optional) A sibling property for order items

    The sibling property acts as a pair to the extended attribute field you want to enable as an editable property in NewStore Associate App. See the example on how this works.

Important

Do not confuse this feature with adding extended product attributes via a product import.

To retrieve the extended attributes added to an order or item via the app, use the List extended order attributes method. Currently, extended attributes added via the app to orders or order items are not displayed on the Orders page in NewStore Omnichannel Manager.

note

Extended attributes added to products by retailers before or during an import are displayed in NewStore Omnichannel Manager. Do not confuse these for the extended attributes added by associates using NewStore Associate App.

Values for extended attributes for orders or items can also be validated by the app, if this configuration has been set up via the API. See this example .

Configuring extended attributes for orders​

Editable extended attributes for orders are disabled by default. To allow store associates to edit an extended attribute for an order:

  1. Use the Update app configuration method.
  2. In customizations > editable_extended_attributes >order, specify an array of extended attribute configurations.

Example configuration for order attributes​

See this example of an extended attribute configuration for orders in your business:

{
  "label": {
     "en": "Gift message",
     "de": "Geschenk Nachricht",
     "fr": "Message de cadeau"
   },
  "prompt": {
     "en": "Write your gift message here",
     "de": "Schreiben Sie hier Ihre Geschenknachricht",
     "fr": "Écrivez votre message cadeau ici"
   },
   "attribute_name": "gift_message",
   "keyboard_type": "default"
}

Once enabled, associates can add a gift message in NewStore Associate App:

  1. In the app, add items to a cart.
  2. Tap More > Gift message and enter the gift message in the dialog box that appears.
  3. Tap OK.

Configuring extended attributes for items​

Editable extended attributes for items are disabled by default. To allow store associates to edit an extended attribute for an item:

  1. Use the Update app configuration method.
  2. In customizations > editable_extended_attributes > item, specify an array of extended attribute configurations.

Example configuration for item attributes​

See this example of an extended attribute configuration for items in your business:

{
  "label": {
     "en": "Add engraving",
     "de": "Gravur hinzufügen",
   },
  "prompt": {
     "en": "Enter text to be engraved on jewelry",
     "de": "Geben Sie den Text ein, der auf Schmuck graviert werden soll",
   },
   "attribute_name": "engraving",
   "keyboard_type": "default"
}

Once enabled, associates can add an engraving to an item in NewStore Associate App:

  1. In the app, add items to a cart.
  2. Tap on an item in the cart
  3. Tap on Add engraving and enter the custom message in the dialog box that appears.
  4. Tap OK.

Example configuration for validated attributes​

See this example of an extended attribute configuration for items, where the app validates the entered configuration values:

{
  "label": {
     "en": "Add engraving",
     "de": "Gravur hinzufügen",
   },
  "prompt": {
     "en": "Enter text to be engraved on jewelry",
     "de": "Geben Sie den Text ein, der auf Schmuck graviert werden soll",
   },
   "validation_regex": "^\\w{1,3}$",
   "attribute_name": "engraving",
   "keyboard_type": "default"
}

Once enabled, this configuration enables associates to add an engraving of 1 to 3 alphabetic characters to an item in NewStore Associate App:

  1. In the app, add items to a cart.

  2. Tap on an item in the cart

  3. Tap on Add engraving and enter a custom message in the dialog box that appears.

    If you enter a message that is different than 1 to 3 alphabetic characters in length or format, the app rejects the value and returns an error.

Example configuration for using the sibling attribute​

The sibling property is available only for extended attributes for order items. Use this property to verify that associates can only add the configured extended attribute to products containing the referenced sibling attribute.

For example, if you have:

  • Specified that engravable is an extended attribute (specified in the extended_attributes property) for your products that allow engraving on them during the product import, and
  • Specified sibling as engravable in the Update app configuration payload, in customizations > editable_extended_attributes> item

Then the engraving attribute field is displayed in NewStore Associate App. This field will also appear if no sibling property has been specified. If the value of the sibling property does not match the attribute specified for the item during a product import, the editable field is not displayed in NewStore Associate App.

See this example of an extended attribute configuration for items with a sibling property:

{
  "label": {
     "en": "Add engraving",
     "de": "Gravur hinzufügen",
   },
  "prompt": {
     "en": "Enter text to be engraved on jewelry",
     "de": "Geben Sie den Text ein, der auf Schmuck graviert werden soll",
   },
   "validation_regex": "^\\w{1,3}$",
   "attribute_name": "engraving",
   "keyboard_type": "default"
   "sibling": "engravable"
}

In the above example, the option Add engraving will only be shown for items that have the extended attribute engravable added to them during upload.

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