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Why this issue is happening
One or more of the products in your product data has less than the minimum required number of values. For example, the product highlight [product_highlight] attribute, if present, requires a minimum of 2 (and a maximum of 10) values. As a result, your product has received a warning and the attribute has been removed.
A common mistake to check for is whether your tab-delimited feed values contain or are separated by commas. If a comma is part of the attribute value and is not used to separate values, you should surround that attribute value with quotes. Learn more About quoted attributes.
Also, if you use quoted attributes and a value contains a quotation mark, you must pair it with a second quotation mark so the system doesn't confuse this quotation with an attribute boundary. For example, instead of "54" screen diameter", enter "54"" screen diameter". Avoid surrounding multiple values with additional quotes, otherwise the entire content within the quotes will be considered a single value. For example ""54"" screen diameter", "super HD"" will be treated as a single value.
To resolve this issue, update the values for the relevant attribute in your product data.
How to fix your issue
Check that your products have the minimum required number of values.
Fix products one by one directly in Merchant Center
Go to Products in Merchant Center, then select the Needs attention tab.
Use the filter icon
above the table to view products with:
“Issue title” = Attribute has too few values
Click on the title of the product you want to fix, then click Edit product.
Check that you’ve included at least the minimum number of values required for this attribute for this product.
Select Save.
Example
If the relevant attribute is the product highlight [product_highlight] attribute, ensure that you’ve submitted at least 2 values.
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You may want to check the "Final attributes" and "Raw feed attributes" sections of the affected products (access by clicking the specific product name from the “All products page”) to verify if the information being detected is the information you intended, especially related to quotes, commas, and the detection of separate attribute values.
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Often this issue is the result of the wrong use of quotes, leading to the text not being split into individual attribute values as intended.
Fix multiple products at once
Go to Products in Merchant Center, then select the Needs attention tab.
Use the filter icon
above the table to view products with:
“Issue title” = Attribute has too few values
Select the download icon
to download a list (.csv) of all affected products for all issues or this particular issue.
Cross reference the downloaded list with your uploaded product data, and make sure that each affected product includes at least the minimum number of values required for the attribute.
Reupload your corrected product data to Merchant Center using your chosen upload method.
Next steps
After making the requested changes, check that you've fixed the issue by making sure it's no longer listed on the "Needs attention" page.
Keep in mind: It may take some time for your change to be reflected on the "Needs attention" page.