Item Attribute Mapping automatically copies an option’s choice, quantity, or both to the item attributes of the configured item created from a configuration. When setting up a configurator option, you can specify whether to automatically create item attributes based on the option’s choice, quantity, or both when a configured item is generated. This is controlled by the Item Attribute Mapping field on the Configurator Options page.

Set up Item Attribute Mapping

1. Navigate to the Configurator Options page in Business Central.
2. Select the option you want to create item attributes for.
3. Set the Item Attribute Mapping field to one of the following values:
   • Choice: Copies the Choice Code selected in the configuration.
   • Quantity: Copies the Quantity Per unit entered in the configuration.
   • Choice and Quantity: Copies both and will create two separate item attributes.

What to Expect

When a configuration is completed and its configured item created, the following item attributes are added to the configured item’s record:

Where [Option Description] is replaced with the option’s description.

Example

Suppose the configuration has a DIMENSION option where the user selects a specific thickness as its choice and enters the required length as its quantity per unit. The option has the following characteristics:

It includes the following choices: 3CM and 5CM.

If the user sets the DIMENSION option to the 3CM choice and enters 100 for its quantity per unit, when the configuration is completed and the configured item is created, the following item attributes are added to its item record: