Accessing Product Category Fields in a Products loop

Imar Spaanjaars

Posted on 09/08/2013 09:45:26

Hi there,

I have a products list page that uses a Products loop to output my products. The product group I am rendering has a product category associated with it that in turn contains a field called IsConfigurable. When I use DwTemplateTags, I see this field show up with a value. However, without DwTemplateTags it doesn't work. In other words, this:

<!--@If Defined(IsConfigurable)-->
Starting from:
<!--@EndIf-->

outputs nothing, no matter the value for IsConfigurable. However, this:

<!--@DwTemplateTags-->
<!--@If Defined(IsConfigurable)-->
Starting from:
<!--@EndIf-->

works fine and outputs the text in the If statement.

Any idea what's going on? How can I access a product category field inside a product loop? This appears to work fine on a products details page.

Cheers,

Imar

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Merethe Nielsen

Posted on 13/08/2013 12:59:16

Hi Imar

You need to write the full tag (Ecom:Product.CategoryField.TestCat.IsConfigurable.Value) instead of IsConfigurable in the statement, like this :

!--@If Defined(Ecom:Product.CategoryField.TestCat.IsConfigurable.Value)--
XXXXXXXXXXX
<!--@EndIf-->

I have reproduced your problem, but the problem disappears when you insert the full tag:

http://screencast.com/t/Xg0jctipsE

Kind regards,

Merethe

Imar Spaanjaars

Posted on 13/08/2013 14:07:25

Hi Merethe,

>> I have reproduced your problem, but the problem disappears when you insert the full tag:

Yes, I know. However, I wanted to use the "shortcut" as I have multiple Product Categories that all feature an IsConfigurable field. Using the top level tag would allow me to use it, regardless of the name of the Product Category.

Is it a bug that the tag shows up as a top-level tag when you use DwTemplateTags or is it a bug that it disappears?

Imar

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