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title: Create Size Attribute for a Product
description: "Create a size attribute to organize your products by size. 1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for Restaurant ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/ae413c75-7533-4b81-a60e-14e6789752d2/File_8b68d5ccf151401bb5863d858f15dca7_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 2. Click \"Items\" on the sidebar ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/cd200cd8-d877-4a26-817f-4b8b2c5e4f65/File_cbe41ece4df84a2aa17d0a1f3f68699f_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 3. Click \"Custom Attributes\" in the upper right corner ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/acb3eaa9-b577-47b0-8148-53867da534e1/File_12d3015008b44596ae13a137da12eb24_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) 4. Click…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/create-size-attribute-for-a-product/"
updated: "2026-01-01"
category: Inventory / Products
---

# Create Size Attribute for a Product

Create a size attribute to organize your products by size.

1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for Restaurant

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/ae413c75-7533-4b81-a60e-14e6789752d2/File_8b68d5ccf151401bb5863d858f15dca7_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

2. Click "Items" on the sidebar

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/cd200cd8-d877-4a26-817f-4b8b2c5e4f65/File_cbe41ece4df84a2aa17d0a1f3f68699f_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

3. Click "Custom Attributes" in the upper right corner

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/acb3eaa9-b577-47b0-8148-53867da534e1/File_12d3015008b44596ae13a137da12eb24_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

4. Click "New product Attribute" in the upper right corner

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/26f29d57-6ba8-4102-a627-a2e03359180c/File_31ffcae8b0044b68be51aa7b6b4bc0c7_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

5. Under **ATTRIBUTE CODE**, enter **size**. All letters should be lowercase.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/0caa11a8-803d-43aa-a2b8-43125023c2ac/user_cropped_screenshot_8c00886f32a24fbeb43081978e6ce799_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

6. Under **ATTRIBUTE NAME**, enter **Size**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/4d75ea47-1195-49e6-a637-0abd1c6ae8c4/user_cropped_screenshot_5f4bec576f4549dda58778440e7e91f5_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

7. Under **CUSTOM ATTRIBUTE TYPE,** select **String** from the dropdown menu

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/ed0bf75d-b189-4926-88cf-ab3947dadaf5/user_cropped_screenshot_b408cc2e869e4e4f99194653e7880b60_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

8. Under **UI COLUMN SIZE IN POS**, enter **4**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/a3428edb-5285-4227-8c97-945873a3f44d/user_cropped_screenshot_6047c3d32af34938ab6aef2480b3634d_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

9. Under **FRONTEND INPUT TYPE**, choose **Select**.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/bb5da555-8938-46cc-9c16-0ff1d04b2742/user_cropped_screenshot_0465a8c6785f4024993f53a202e411b3_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

10. Click +Add New to add the type of sizes that will be displayed

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/95660a1f-7818-4f6e-bdf9-2c4d1d58cda3/user_cropped_screenshot_f44f5fc90d364dc88198b85e66ad5741_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

11. Under **VALUE**, enter the first size. For example, you can enter **small** but the value must be in lowercase.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/1846dd64-63da-4d1b-a3d7-b326332fedda/screenshot_13a4545ca69d498fb7fc3622987e2784_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

12. Under **LABEL**, enter the size as you want it displayed to your employees and/or customers. i.e **Small**.

If you need to add more sizes, enter those values and labels by pressing **+ Add New** for each new size

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/c08faf16-821d-4c69-9bfa-683368e9f407/user_cropped_screenshot_75d4f2cb2b1f414c8c88c7007831ffcf_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

13. Adding **medium** is the same process as adding small, use lowercase for "**Value**" and for Label, Label it however you choose. No need for lowercase.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/747b7bcf-8ad5-41dc-b955-a2926561323e/user_cropped_screenshot_5c6bf5e4413d4e08a2b8483703fc553a_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

14. Follow the same steps for adding **Large**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/6e4c3b61-612e-45f9-a6b2-3ef374d6858d/user_cropped_screenshot_dee31bcc58354eacbc92922651ba968f_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

15. Click "Save Changes"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/de470ddc-3f33-4042-b8c6-376bb605dcba/user_cropped_screenshot_6708f6460c694d648e3c3a32c61f2c39_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

16. To see how it functions, follow these steps.

Click **"Items"** on the sidebar

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/ae8d646d-04b5-432f-ab03-ad7f26715976/user_cropped_screenshot_e14e87f671294f838f06fd716aa2a934_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

17. The first example is going to be what the size select process is going to be like for adding a new item.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/e7ea14e6-3107-4c78-a287-2257d87e8269/user_cropped_screenshot_fc323b0e1fdc40679f10941cf584c230_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

18. The newly added size attribute is now functional, select from the sizes you added

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/34f69afa-3f68-4259-bc0f-4c7576d6b32f/user_cropped_screenshot_a2d27048712f46b18e676530e3b77b6a_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

19. The size is now selected

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/85a7a05a-253f-4e78-8e7b-44fe05df81a6/user_cropped_screenshot_463c553c9dcc44a6a86e120bcc96a390_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

20. **To edit an existing item**

**Click the blue pen to EDIT/VIEW an existing product.**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/e0d14e4c-c1f8-4151-b6fc-f4023d65d34b/user_cropped_screenshot_17ccbb2b396d44088e3fe48587a7a815_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

21. Look for the newly added **"Size"** attribute, and click on the drop down

Every size type you added in **custom attributes** will appear here.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/1dbe21f8-7eee-4bb1-9196-8032bafc6439/user_cropped_screenshot_cb77b40d5bf54877988ca32b73cd96bb_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

22. The size is now been selected

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-30/993dca86-66e0-42b9-a6f2-83c1f0e93328/user_cropped_screenshot_2a278e15ed76471e991cf35e25d9dc41_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

23. Click **"Save"**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-29/5bb6c577-04d5-4752-ab4f-d356bb9e1f11/File_35c958f50de547eda4e2000a9da738db_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)