Title: Visible and Global
Last modified: February 24, 2021

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# Visible and Global

 *  Resolved [loopforever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopforever/)
 * (@loopforever)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-and-global/)
 * [https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/Product-CSV-Import-Schema#csv-columns-and-formatting](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/Product-CSV-Import-Schema#csv-columns-and-formatting)
 * I read it here too. However, I could not fully understand. Can you help me ?
 * 1-)
    Attribute% d global: “1 or 0. Mapping screen labels this as” Is a global
   attribute? “” What does it mean. Can you give an example?
 * 2-)
    What is the default value for “Attribute% d visible” and Attribute% d global?
   1? 0?

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 *  [Austin M – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/)
 * (@apmwebdev)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-and-global/#post-14098831)
 * Hi [@loopforever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopforever/)!
 * > Attribute% d global:
   >  “1 or 0. Mapping screen labels this as” Is a global attribute?“”
   > What does it mean. Can you give an example?
 * A global attribute is one that can be used by multiple products. You can see 
   more about them [here](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-product-taxonomies/#set-global-attributes).
 * Custom attributes are the ones that are only used for one product and are created
   on the product itself. You can read more about those [here](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-product-taxonomies/#add-custom-attributes).
 * A `1` in this column means the attribute is global. `0` means it’s custom (i.
   e., not global).
 * > What is the default value for “Attribute% d visible” and Attribute% d global?
   > 
   > 1? 0?
 * There isn’t really a default value for either of these. It just depends on what
   you want.
 * The Attribute Visible column corresponds to the checkbox on the attribute settings
   that makes the attribute visible on the product page or not. You can see that
   checkbox in [this screenshot](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-product-taxonomies/#prettyPhoto/7/).
 * I hope that was able to clear things up! Let us know if you have any further 
   questions!
 *  Thread Starter [loopforever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopforever/)
 * (@loopforever)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-and-global/#post-14099846)
 * Thank you very much for your reply. I am grateful.
    By default, I am curious 
   about the following: What exactly happens if the global attribute value is left
   blank in the csv file for the export-import situation? That is, it will not have
   a value of 0 or 1 and it will be empty. Maybe you touched on this but I did not
   fully understand. I am sorry for this. Thank you for your understanding.
 *  [Austin M – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/)
 * (@apmwebdev)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-and-global/#post-14126541)
 * Hi [@loopforever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopforever/). Thanks for
   clarifying, I understand better what you mean now.
 * > What exactly happens if the global attribute value is left blank in the csv
   > file for the export-import situation? That is, it will not have a value of 
   > 0 or 1 and it will be empty.
 * The global attribute column is required. If you leave it blank, it could mess
   up the import of that product. There are safeguards built in to try and be as
   friendly to the user as possible with the import process, so the import might
   still work correctly even if a required column like this is left blank, but filling
   it out would be the safer bet.
 * Thinking about your previous question about the default value a bit more, I’d
   say it would probably be a safer bet to assume that an attribute is **not** global
   by default. So a `0` in this column.
 * On the other hand, most of the time you probably would want an attribute to be
   visible on the product page, so I’d say `1` would be a safe default value for
   the “Attribute visible” column.
 *  [MayKato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maykato/)
 * (@maykato)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-and-global/#post-14162947)
 * Hi [@loopforever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopforever/)
 * We’ve not heard back from you in a while, so I’m marking this thread as resolved.
   If you have further questions, please feel free to open a new topic.

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