How To Determine Which Flex Attribute Values Are Inherited Using Asset API (Doc ID 2056997.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 19, 2024

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Goal

Is there a way to distinguish between direct and inherited values on an asset?

For example, if you have the following parent asset structure with multi-value attribute category:

 *indicates an inherited value.

When you query for the category of the single parent, e.g. Fantasy, you receive an array in no discernible order ["fiction", "fantasy", "books"].
How can you identify which one comes from the asset itself, and which ones from its parents?
 

Solution

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