🧩 Using Meta Fields for Filtering (Botoscope Meta)

In Botoscope, you can create meta fields for products. These fields are useful for both displaying information and enabling powerful filters.

📌 How to Create Meta Fields

  1. Open any product in the admin panel.
  2. Open Meta information block inside the product editor.
  3. Click “Append Meta” to create a new field.
  4. Enter a label (e.g., “Distance to the sea”, “Has elevator”, “Construction year”).
  5. Select the meta type (see types below).
  6. Save the product — the new meta will be stored and available to reuse in other products.

🎛 Meta Types Explained

  • Number — for numeric values like “Distance to sea”, “Number of floors”
  • Boolean (Yes/No) — for flags like “Has elevator?”, “Parking available?”
  • Taxonomy — to attach product-specific custom taxonomies like “Location” (note: displayed for info only, not used for filtering)
  • Calendar — for date selection (e.g., “Available from”)
  • String – just for customer info

🔗 How to Use Meta in Filters

  1. Go to the Filters section (Tab: “Meta”).
  2. Add a new filter using the key format: botoscope_meta_1 where “1” is the ID of your created meta field.
  3. Make sure the filter type matches the meta field type — for example, if your meta is “Number”, the filter must be “Slider”.

Examples:

  • botoscope_meta_2 → Number type → shows as range slider in the bot
  • botoscope_meta_3 → Boolean → shows as Yes/No toggle
  • botoscope_meta_4 → Calendar → shows a date picker

🚀 Speed Up Product Editing

Once you’ve created useful meta sets (like for real estate, cars, or services), you don’t need to add them manually every time:

  • Use the “Load Meta Pack” button inside any product’s Meta section
  • This will preload previously saved meta structure
  • Just update the values for the current product and save

🧠 Summary

  • Product Attributes can affect pricing and be used for variations and filtering
  • Product taxonomies help with filtering and classification
  • Product Meta fields give you even more control over product data and filters (data and filtering)
0
Awesome! 
Error!