Magento 2 – Update product attribute value instead of save whole product

This article is about Magento 2 – Update product attribute value . Updating product attribute value can be tricky sometimes. In this tutorial i will try to explain it swiftly and in a simple way. There can be various conditions in this matter. Like if someone wants to update the attribute values one by one or as a whole. Here, we are looking t update only one attribute value.

We can set all the values into one object (also we can use set for each attribute) & using set method we can save the product attribute with the help of productRepository or product model.

Furthermore When we use this method, there is a chance to get delays while updating the values like it may take 40 to 50 sec approx for one product . In our case we want to update only one attribute value. To render entire collection & updating the value might will take some ms delay.
So to update only one attribute value, we can do so by using the following code.

Consider the example here.

$item->setWidth(10);

$item->save();

We can use “updateAttributes” method to update Specific Attribute for product instead of updating all the update.

Here we have to pass 3 parameters.

Ex: $productIds , $attrData, $storeId
$objectManager->get(‘Magento\Catalog\Model\Product\Action’)

->updateAttributes( [$item],[‘width’ => 10],  $YourStoreID );

Similarly

$this->action->updateAttributes([$productObj->getId()], [‘Yourattribute_code’ => ‘Yourvalue’], $StoreId);

I am also providing the path for reference, it may vary depending upon your settings.

Magento\Catalog\Model\Product\Action

That’s it from this tutorial. I strongly believe there is always room for improvement.So i am open for any suggestion and feed back. Please feel free to leave hat you are thinking in the comments section below. Cheers.