====== Products/Commercial ======

To connect commercial and graphical data, we need some Mapping. The Mapping consists of a number of Properties, defined in the context of the IG.Creator. The attributes of a Property are:

  * __Property__ - The name of a Property defined in [[ig.creator:assets:commercial|Assets/Commercial]]. Typically this is a native commercial property coming directly from the external system. Alternatively, you may create a so-called Virtual property.
  * __Type__ - The type of the Property. This is required to perform automatic value conversion, such as convert the property's value into  a length (defined in Meter).
  * __Geometric__ - This check value defines if the change of the corresponding property should cause a full update cycle, refreshing the geometry. 
  * __Visual__ - This check value defines if the change of the corresponding property should cause a light-weight update cycle, refreshing only materials.
  * __Virtual__ - This check value marks a Property as virtual, or non-native. This might be useful in commercial sync/update processes.
  * __Default__ - This column sets up a default value for this property to be used if nothing comes from the commercial configurator. The default value should be valid in the context of the corresponding property AFTER a potential conversion controlled by Type. **:!: If a default value is missing, it might cause sync issues later :!:**
  * __Material Category__ - A property value may optionally be linked to a Material Category in order to implement client-only updates only replacing Materials.

If Geometric is true, Visual is ignored as a full update covers the light-weight update.

You need to select a Product in either [[ig.creator:products|Products]] or [[ig.creator:assets:commercial|Assets/Commercial]] to enter this page. If no Product is selected, you will be re-directed automatically. 

===== Master Product =====

Often the commercial properties are shared among all Products in a Collection. And so does the Mapping. To support this, you can define a pseudo-product named **_Master** in [[ig.creator:assets:commercial|Assets/Commercial]]. All Mapping entries set up for _Master, are shown on Product level too, but are not available for editing then. If an entry for one and the same Property exists for both Master and specific Product, the later of which rules (completely, i.e. merge on sub-row level). To create/update the Master product mappings you need to select it in either [[ig.creator:assets:commercial|Assets/Commercial]] or [[ig.creator:products|Products]] before calling this page.