Using Product Rule Templates
Ablestar Bulk Product Editor allows you to create a product rule or automation using a pre-made template to get started quickly. In this example, we are going to add tags to all On-Sale products.
This feature is only available on Advanced and Professional plans.
Step 1: Search Templates
From the dashboard view, click the 'Automations' navigation menu and then Product Rules → View Templates options:
From the templates view, we currently have 4 template options that you can choose from:
In this example, we are going to set all products with a price of zero to 'Draft' status, so we'll click the Use template button.
Configure Rules
Settings:
From the 'Create - ' view, specify the following fields:
- Title: specify a descriptive title
- Status: status for the rule can be 'Active' or 'Paused'
- Run Rule: you can determine if the rule runs only on creation, or on creation and including any updates
Because of the flexibility of Product Rules, it is possible to create two rules that will trigger each other. For example, one rule might add a tag, while another rule will delete the same tag.
To mitigate this scenario, if a product is updated more than 24 times in a single day, our app will pause the rule updating the product.
Product Modifications
The default parameters have already been configured for you to include all zero prices and you can click to Add modifications if necessary. You could add additional tags to the same set of products during each automated run, or other useful examples of Product Rules.
Click to delete any rule if needed, by clicking the Trash icon:
Once modifications are confirmed, click 'Save Changes' from the black admin bar to create the rule.
Negative Modifications
Negative Modifications allow you to configure how the product will be updated if none of its variants match the Product Rule.
This step is optional and allows you to configure the opposite scenario, if none of the prices match my example parameters, we could add an additional tag:
Learn more about Negative modifications in this article.
Automations: Run All Rules
From the 'Automations' navigation menu → Product Rules tab, we will click the Actions → Run button to apply the new rule for the first time:
You can return to the 'Automations' view at any time to trigger your rules to run and refresh manually.
✅ Tips and Troubleshooting
- The system can detect rules that are triggering numerous updates and will be paused
- See other useful examples of Product Rules
- Learn more about Negative modifications in this article
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