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General Settings

Setting Description
Store Hash

This is a technical field, used by us (MyIntegrator) to help identify your store should you need support.

Method to Determine Switching Permissions

Changes the way the app determines which customers are associated with which companies.

The options are ‘Customer Groups’ and ‘Customer Attributes’. Selecting ‘Customer Attributes’ will reveal more settings.

Customer Attribute Field To Use for Company Code – only when using ‘Customer Attributes’ method.

Changes which Customer Attribute Field is used to determine customer/company association. 

Any customers with a matching value in this customer attribute field (changed from BigCommerce Control Panel > Customers) will be able to log in as each-other.

Create Default Customer Attribute Field – only when using ‘Customer Attributes’ method.

Creates a Customer Attribute Field – ‘Associated Company Code’ – and selects it.

This is provided for convenience if you store does not have a field which can be used to group together and identify customers and companies.

Company Switcher Locations on Storefront

Using the switches, select where on your storefront the dropdown to switch customers should appear.

- Navigation Bar

This is the main set of navigation buttons across the top of your store where you may have options such as ‘Shop All’, ‘Contact Us’ and ‘Blog’.

- User Bar

This is the the set of buttons relating to the currently logged in user. You may have options here such as ‘Account’, ‘Sign Out’ and ‘Cart’.

- Footer

This is at the bottom of the page where there are headings such as ‘Navigate’ and ‘Categories’. The switcher is added under the ‘Navigate’ heading for this option.


General Settings using Customer Groups



General Settings using Customer Attributes



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