{"title":"Assign traits to a product","slug":"assign-traits-to-a-product","url":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/assign-traits-to-a-product","url_markdown":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/assign-traits-to-a-product.md","subtitle":null,"summary":"Add trait values to a single product, and remove ones that no longer apply, either from the Traits tab on the product record or from the Assign product traits screen in the StoreConnect Console.","type":"Help_Documentation","video_url":"","keywords":"assign traits, add traits to product, product traits tab, assign product traits, remove trait from product, assigned traits, trait pills, find and add traits by value, manage traits, product record traits","last_modified":"2026-09-16T07:15:50+0000","body_markdown":"You can assign traits to a product one at a time. There are two places to do it.\n\n- The **Traits** tab on the product record, for when you are already editing a product.\n- The **Assign product traits** screen in the StoreConnect Console, for when you are working through several products in a row.\n\nEach value you add creates a **Trait** record (`s_c__Trait__c`) linking the product to the value.\n\n## Alternative methods\n\nTo add many products to one traits value, use the [Trait Builder](trait-builder). To assign traits across a whole spreadsheet at once, see [Import and export traits](import-and-export-traits).\n\n## Before you start\n\n- Make sure you have access to traits. If you do not, the panel shows a lock and asks you to contact your StoreConnect administrator.\n- Build the categories, types, and values you want to assign. Only existing values can be assigned, See [Trait Builder](trait-builder) first. If no values are set up you can add them on the fly, but it is faster to set them up first.\n\n## Assign traits from the product record\n\n1. Open the **Product** record and select the **Traits** tab.\n2. In the search box, start typing a trait value.\n3. (Optional) Narrow the results with the **Category** and **Type** filter menus beside the search box.\n4. Select each value you want in the results. They are grouped under their category, and the footer keeps a running count.\n5. Apply your selection. The button names the action, for example, **Add 3 traits**.\n\n    \u003c!-- SCREENSHOT: The Traits tab on a product record, with search results grouped by category and the footer button naming how many traits will be added. Capture the tab with a search term entered and two or three values ticked; highlight the search box and the footer button. Save as `product-record-traits-tab.png`. --\u003e\n\nAssigned values then appear below the search under **Assigned traits**, grouped by type. To take a trait off a product, select its pill. \n\n## Assign traits from the console\n\n1.  Open the StoreConnect Console and go to **Inventory** \u003e **Traits** \u003e **Manage traits**.\n2.  In the **Products with traits** pane, select **Assign traits**.\n3.  In **Product**, search for the product by name or code, then select it.\n4.  Search for and select values the same way as on the product record. Changes are saved as you go, so there is no separate save step.\n5.  Select **Back** to return to **Manage traits**.\n\nTo revise a product that already has traits, select its row in the **Products with traits** pane instead. The same screen opens with that product already chosen.\n\n\u003c!-- SCREENSHOT: The Assign product traits screen in the console, with a product chosen and its assigned traits listed. Capture the screen reached from Assign traits in the Products with traits pane; highlight the Product lookup and the Assigned traits area. Save as `assign-product-traits-console.png`. --\u003e\n\nThe values you added now appear under **Assigned traits** on the product, and on the storefront wherever their **Trait Type** is set to show them, as a specification, a filter, or both. See [Choosing what a trait does](product-traits) if a value is not appearing where you expected."}