Rules
Rules in flexiPIM are used for Bulk Edit of products based on some conditions. For example, if you want to change a product from one category to another based on some attribute value, we can do it using flexiPIM rules.
Rules in flexiPIM are of two types,
Simple Rule- Applicable to all the products in flexiPIMChannel Based Rules- Applicable to products mapped to a particular channel
How to create a new rules in flexiPIM?
Step 1: Login with your credentials
Step 2: Hover sidebar on the left side to access the hamburger menu
Step 3: Click on 'Associations' to expand, then click 'Rules'
Step 4: On top right corner of the table, click the 'Create' button
Step 5: It shows dropdown menu, and Click on the 'Simple Rule' to create a simple rule
or click on the 'Channel-based Rule' to create a rule for the particular channel
Step 6: The page of the 'Rules' is displayed
Rule creation has three section,
- Name
- Conditions
- Actions
Name
Enter a unique name for the rule to be created for identity.
Conditions
Condition are used to specify the conditions for rules.
In the first line, you will find a dropdown with values, anyone and all.
If you want to create rules which satisfy all your conditions, then you need
to choose All.
If you're going to create rules which meet any one of the conditions, then
you need to select Anyone. Then click on the Plus Icon if you want to add conditions.
After clicking on the plus icon, a new row is added to the condition. Later, it would be best if you created conditions for the rules.
Actions
Action are used to create action for the rules. Like conditions,
you can add N numbers of actions.
Step 7: Enter the required fields
Step 8: Click on the 'Save' buttonHow to view rules in flexiPIM?
Step 1: Once Rules are created, they will be listed in the rules list
Step 2: Click on the 'Eye' icon button to view particular rules in detail
Step 3: From the rules preview page, you can execute rules by clicking
on the 'Execute' button on the top right of the page. If the
rule is currently running, this button will be disabled until the rule
execution completes.
Step 4: In the affected Product section, you can find a list of products
affected by executing rules. In the log page, you can find a log
of rules executed in the past.
