Magento 2 EAV & Attributes

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Conceptual Architecture

What EAV Is

Entity-Attribute-Value is Magento's flexible storage pattern. Instead of one column per attribute, values are stored in separate typed tables. This allows merchants to add unlimited attributes without schema changes.

EAV Entities