Toolio uses attributes for planning and reporting. You can think of attributes, as dimensions you want to report by or as columns on an Excel sheet. For each of Toolio's data models (e.g. Product, Sale, Inventory), you can add as many attributes as you would like.

What are attributes used for?

Attributes are placeholders for data you want to associate with a model. Let's take two examples:

For the product model, you might want to associate store fabric, silhouette, vendor information.

For the sale model, you might want to store whether the sale was for a new or returning or the channel the sale happened in.

In each of the above cases, you will want to have an attribute for respective model. Once you have created an attribute on a model, you can save (or import) information on that attribute, and use it for reporting or planning.

What are the different types of attributes?

Each attribute can have a type, which allows Toolio to validate that attribute's data and customize how that attribute appears. Below are the different attribute types supported on Toolio.

Type	Sample Use Cases
Attachment	Product Image
Currency	Unit Cost, Unit Price
Date	Launch date
Number	Units sold, Beginning of Plan Inventory
Single Select	Color, Size, Program
Text	Product title

Attribute Configurations

Add Attribute to Choice

In order to add attributes to choice from existing models, i.e Product, Variant, please follow the instructions below:

Go to Settings > Configuration > Organization Settings > Attributes
Right click and select 'Add Attribute to Choice'

Copy from Past

This is only relevant for attributes for the Model: Actual Choice

When you are using Compare to Past in Assortment Plan, and repeating choices, you will want to "Copy from Past" some attributes. Example could be Division, Department, etc.

However, some other attributes, you might not want to repeat, e.g. Unit Cost, Use Case, etc. By setting the attributes you want to Copy from Past, you would tell the system which attributes to carry forward.

This is handled under Settings > Configuration > Organization Settings > Attributes. Below are the different configurations possible for Copy From Past

Value	Behavior	Use Case
TRUE	Always copy value product feed (i.e. Actual Choice)	Non-changing attributes like Division, Department
TRUE IF NOT EMPTY	Only copy from product feed, if the value in product feed is NOT empty	Image URL
FALSE	Never copy value product feed (i.e. Actual Choice)	Attributes that change every season, e.g. Unit Cost

Lookup Enabled

This setting is particularly relevant for attributes for Plans with Location granularity (Store Plan, Allocation, etc.)

The setting essentially controls whether an attribute or field is available for lookup operations in the Toolio interface, which affects its usability in filtering, sorting, and display contexts. Generally this is for Location based attributes like "Location Name" but can also be the case for other Model's attributes such as "MOQ".

Attribute Type Details

Attachment

Attachment attribute is used to add images as an attribute. Images can be added to Toolio using one of the following mechanisms:

While importing product feeds. For example, Toolio automatically pulls product images from Shopify.
Manually as an attachment on the attribute field
By pasting an image url on the attachment attribute.

Below you can see how this all works in action