Magento V1.7 Grid View - Add manufacturer attribute to view

Question

On this page I want to add the Manufacturer name directly below the name of the item, but can\'t seem to get this to work. Have tried a number of suggestions, but none seem to

Answer 1

Try this, assuming that you are using attribute set to create a 'manufacturer' field in Admin -> Catalog -> Manage Attributes.

Write a custom module that extend Catalog Product Block Grid /app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Catalog/Product/Grid.php

Create Block File: app/code/local/MageIgniter/ManufacturerGrid/Block/AdminhtmlCatalog/Product/Grid.php

class MageIgniter_ManufacturerGrid_Block_Adminhtml_Catalog_Product_Grid extends Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Catalog_Product_Grid
 {

Copy method _prepareCollection() to you custom block and update (line 58)

 $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()
        ->addAttributeToSelect('sku')
        ->addAttributeToSelect('name')
        ->addAttributeToSelect('manufacturer')   // added this line
        ->addAttributeToSelect('attribute_set_id')
        ->addAttributeToSelect('type_id');

Copy method _prepareColumns() to you custom block and add

    $this->addColumn('manufacturer',
        array(
            'header'=> Mage::helper('catalog')->__('Manufacturer'),
            'width' => '60px',
            'index' => 'manufacturer',
            'type'  => 'options';
            'options' => Mage::helper('manufacturergrid')->getManufacturerOption(),
    ));

Create Helper File: app/code/local/MageIgniter/ManufacturerGrid/Helper/Data.php

 class MageIgniter_ManufacturerGrid_Helper_Data extends Mage_Core_Helper_Abstract
 {

    public function getManufacturerOption(){
       $_opt = array();
       foreach (Mage::getModel('eav/config')->getAttribute('catalog_product','manufacturer')->getSource()->getAllOptions(false,true) as $option){
           $_opt[$option['value']] = $option['label'];
       }

    return $_opt;
   }  

 }

Create: app/code/local/MageIgniter/ManufacturerGrid/etc/config.xml

  
    
        1.0.0
        
  

  
      
        
            
            MageIgniter_ManufacturerGrid_Block_Adminhtml_Catalog_Product_Grid
            
        
      
    
        
            MageIgniter_ManufacturerGrid_Helper
        
    
  
 

Create: app/etc/modules/MageIgniter_ManufacturerGrid.xml

  
    
           
                  
                          true
                          local