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Trait Type Object Reference

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Overview

A specific type of trait such as Width, Height, Color, Size. This belongs to a Trait Category and can have many Trait Values.

Property Value
API Name s_c__Trait_Type__c
Label Trait Type
Plural Label Trait Types
Type Custom Object

Fields

Field Label API Name Type Required Description
Display As Filter s_c__Display_As_Filter__c Checkbox No If checked, the trait type would be displayed as a filter option for product search.
Display Name s_c__Display_Name__c Text(255) Yes Name of the Trait Type to be displayed to the user.
Display on Product Page s_c__Display_On_Product_Page__c Checkbox No If set as true, all related Traits for this Trait Type will be included on the Traits collection in liquid.
Position s_c__Position__c Number(18,0) No The position of this Trait Type. Lower numbers are shown first, objects without a number are sorted alphabetically by name
Trait Category s_c__Trait_Category_Id__c Lookup (s_c__Trait_Category__c) Yes The Trait Category for this Trait Type belongs to.
Unit s_c__Unit__c Picklist No Unit provides a way to further clarify what the value of the Trait Type is. For example, the Trait Type Value_Type__c might be a “Number” which is a decimal value, but the unit might be “Centimetres” which then would be displayed on the store as “2.3 cm”.
Value Type s_c__Value_Type__c Picklist Yes The nature of values for this Trait Type. Examples of valid types are Checkbox, Currency, and Number.
StoreConnect External ID s_c__sC_Id__c Text(36) No StoreConnect External ID, do not modify in Salesforce

Relationships

Field Type Related Object Relationship Name
s_c__Trait_Category_Id__c Lookup s_c__Trait_Category__c Trait_Types

Referenced by

These objects hold a lookup or master-detail relationship to Trait Type (s_c__Trait_Type__c). Where the referring record exists to join things together, Also links to shows what it connects this object to.

Object Field Type Relationship Name Also links to
s_c__Product_Trait_Template_Item__c s_c__Trait_Type_Id__c Lookup Product_Trait_Template_Items —
s_c__Trait__c s_c__Trait_Type_Id__c Lookup Traits —
s_c__Trait_Value__c s_c__Trait_Type_Id__c Lookup Trait_Values —

On the storefront

Storefront templates read this object through the TraitType Liquid object, written as trait_type in a theme.

Salesforce field Liquid attribute
s_c__Display_Name__c trait_type.name
s_c__Unit__c trait_type.unit
s_c__Value_Type__c trait_type.value_type

Fields you add yourself are not listed above. Expose one with a Custom Data Mapping record, then read it from trait_type.data. See custom data fields in Liquid.

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