Attribute Priority 

An attribute’s priority affects where it is displayed in a list of attributes that are linked to a given category. The higher the priority, the higher in the list the attribute appears. Priority values can be selected from the predefined list shown below, or by specifying any number from 1 (the highest priority) to 100 (the lowest priority), as listed in the table below.

Priority Name	Numeric Equivalent	Numeric Range
Highest	10	1 – 20
High	30	21 – 40
Normal	50	41 – 60
Low	70	61 – 80
Lowest	90	81 – 100

Unlike the other properties of an attribute, which apply across all the categories to which the attribute is linked, priority can be set on a category-by-category (link-by-link) basis. In other words, the same attribute may have different priorities for different categories, to reflect the different importance it might have for each category.

You cannot set attribute priority in the Attribute Detail tab. To set the priority of one or more attributes, select the attribute(s) in the Attributes pane, right-click on one of them, and choose Priority from the context menu, or choose Attributes ® Priority from the main menu, and then in either case, choose from the cascading menu of priorities. (For more information, see Changing Attribute Priority.)

MDM automatically assigns a priority of Normal [50] when you first link the attribute.

You cannot set the priority of an attribute if the current category is an alias, or if the attribute is inherited rather than linked directly to the current category.

You cannot specify numeric priorities (nor are they displayed in the Attributes pane) unless Allow Custom Priorities has been enabled (for more information about the Allow Custom Priorities option, see Configuration Options).