Data Listing block

Go to the Design → Blocks

In Admin → Design → Blocks and click the INSERT button, select Data Listing Tab

Custom Block Name: block name visible in Admin → Design → Layouts
Custom Block Title: name is shown on Storefront
Use block wrapper (appearance): recommended value is Automatic
Use block's frame: set ON to display the frame
Custom Block description: internal use only - not required

Listing Data Source: Select the data listing source:

Related products
Popular Products
Special Offers
Categories
Brands
Featured Products
Latest Products
Bestsellers Products
Media
Custom Products
Custom Categories
Custom Brands
Collection - select an existing collection

After You select the Data Listing source additional settings will be shown:
Limit for common Listing Data Source types: Popular, Special, Categories;
Add/Edit for custom selection types like Custom Products, Custom Categories, and Custom Brands;
Media Type (image, pdf, audio) for Media Listing Data Source

After the block is created it needs to be added to the desired page in Admin → Design → Layouts. Before this Status can not be set to ON.

Multi-store support

You can add data (brands, products...) from different stores using "Store selector" in the top bar.

Media Data Source

Media data source designed to show various media added to products. For example, if you add audio media files to products and create a new Data Listing block with Media source you can show a list of these media files on the product page. Do not forget to add the block to the Product page layout!

For example, see how to add links with downloadable pdf media to the product

1. Upload pdf file or files to the products media

2. The next step is to create a new Data Listing block.

Choose Listing Data Source: Media and select PDF as media type

3. After block creation add Block to Layout

You can add your data listing block to some specific product page layout inside Product edit page or add to all products via common Default Product Page layout. Note: block will be displayed only if product have any media with selected data source, in our example PDF

4. After adding to Layouts your Data Listing block with links to pdf files appear on the product page