Everything about an attribute on a single screen.
Fix inconsistencies for good
With every new editor and every expansion of your product range, the spelling variants in your attribute values multiply. A small inconsistency today can turn into a dozen broken filters within six months – and that costs you sales. The longer it goes on, the more expensive the one-time cleanup becomes and the more it shows in your conversion rate and support workload.
What this OPAL does for you
1.Everything about an attribute on a single screen, with no switching between pages.
2.Existing values are suggested as you type, so spelling variants – and broken filters – never arise in the first place.
3.Duplicate attribute names are detected and blocked when created – before they cause confusion in the filter.
Before / After
A customer filters for 'Cotton' and sees 12 winter coats. There are 47 in the catalog; the rest are stored as 'cotton' in the product data.
All 47 coats appear under a single filter value. She compares, chooses and buys.
After every change of season, your team spends two days cleaning up attributes. Two seasons later, it starts all over again.
No more cleanup, because new spelling variants can no longer be entered in the first place.
You are planning a winter coat campaign and need all products containing wool. You click through hundreds of products because 'wool' exists in four spellings.
You open the attribute and immediately see the full list – clean and complete.
Part of the OPAL family
OPALs are building blocks from OXID eSales: a proven foundation that is adapted to your IT landscape and integrated into your store.
Features at a glance
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All attribute info on one screen
When you select the 'Material' attribute, you immediately see the assigned products, all existing values and the categories in which it appears as a filter.
Value suggestions as you type
If someone types 'Cot...' into a value field, 'Cotton' immediately appears as an existing variant. One click and the value is set cleanly, identical to all other entries.
Duplicate attribute names are blocked
Anyone trying to create a new attribute whose name already exists gets an immediate message. Duplicate attributes with almost identical spellings no longer arise.
Category assignment via a checkbox tree
The entire category tree appears with indentation and checkboxes. Categories that are already assigned are highlighted in color. Assign with one click – it takes effect immediately.
Attribute tab in category management
When editing a category, a new tab shows you which attributes are assigned and in which order they appear in the storefront. Reorder them via drag and drop – changes are saved instantly.
Attribute tab in product management
When editing a product, you see the assigned attributes with their values on the left and the attributes still available on the right. Pick values from the suggestion list or enter free text, separately for each language version.
Who is this OPAL for?
Store owner / e-commerce manager
It is the third email complaining about broken filters in two weeks.
How it helps
In one interface you can see how each attribute is maintained, where there are gaps and which values already exist. Data cleanup disappears from your monthly schedule as a recurring task. When management asks why the filters work now, you have a concrete answer: spelling variants are prevented at the point of entry. Conversion on your category pages recovers, because customers can find what is in your catalog again.
Frequently asked questions
Price
€15/month
OPALs are also available in subscription packages.