Number Fields: 'How to Edit' Options Explained

You have several ways to change number fields in Ablestar Bulk Product Editor, either by percentages, fixed amounts or based on other field values:

1. 'How to Edit' Options

• Decrease by percent: Decreases the value by the percentage you enter.
• Increase by percent: Increases the value by the percentage you enter.
• Change by fixed amount: Change the value by a positive or negative number.
• Set to fixed value: Sets the value to the specified number.
• Set to lowest price from last x days: Most often used to manage the European Pricing Indication Directive.
• Set as percent of Compare-at Price field: Sets the value as a positive or negative percentage of the compare-at price. If the compare-at price is empty for a variant it will be skipped.
• Set as percent of Cost field: Sets the value as a positive or negative percentage of cost. If the cost is empty for a variant it will be skipped.
• Change by percentage: Changes the value by a positive or negative percentage.
• Set to null / blank: Updates the field to be blank or null.

2. Rounding Options

The 'Rounding' dropdown gives you several different ways to round your number fields:

• Don't Round the value: Ensures the value will not be rounded.
• Round decimals: If you enter a value like 99 the decimal portion of the value will get set to that number. If you enter a value less than 50 the value of the decimal will be rounded to the nearest increment of that value.
• Round whole number: The value will be rounded, up or down, to the nearest increment of the value.
• Round whole number up: The value will be rounded up to the nearest increment of the value.

The following table lists some examples for different rounding options:

✅ Tips and Troubleshooting

• Refer to below recommended articles for detail on edit various number fields
• See more detail on the European Price Indication Directive in this article
• Learn how to increase speed on uploads and skip unchanged values in this related article.

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