Produkte Varianten/en

Variants can be, for example, necklaces in different lengths (cm): 1010-42, 1010-45, 1010-50 or T-shirts in different colors: 1020-red, 1020-blue and 1020-green. There are several ways to map variant products in the system. Which way you prefer depends on the structure of your records, on your procedure or even on the platform to which your data shall be transferred.

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Parents

Parents can be saved as separate data records in a Data Pool: [ Create new Parent ]. You can then assign any products as a variants to this parent. Once created, you can delete these parents also at any time. By the way; only the parent data record, but not the individual products will be deleted.

Example 1

Parent as separate data record:

Parent-ID: P12345

Variants: 12345-white, 12345-red, 12345-black, 12345-blue

There is a 'real' separate parent data record and 4 associated variants. Thus, 5 records are stored in the Data Pool. The 4 variants have the parent ID 'P12345' in the Parent ID cell.

Example 2

Import file with parents as separate data records:

Parents can also be created in the Data Pool automatically using the import function. For this to work, parent records must be present in the import file. The SKU and description of these parents should (if possible) distinguish them from the variants.

Group-IDs

Group-IDs are the most commonly used form in the representation of variants. These group-IDs are not stored in separate data records, but only as an ID (a group identifier) in the data records of the associated variants. Optional these Group-IDs may be converted into parents. Click on the button [Create Parent(s) NOW].

Example 1

Group-IDs:

Variants: 12345-white, 12345-red, 12345-black, 12345-blue

In the data pool only the 4 variants are stored. In each of the 4 variants a group-ID is stored - in this case the number 'P12345'. A 'real' parent as a separate data record does not exist.

Example 2

Import file with Group-IDs:

Please, always use the import function, if you want to create a larger number of variant products.

Variants' Particularities

Filter Variants

The following illustration is intended to represent two products with different variations. The attribute weight has a value of '1' for all items. The value for size in the lower part is for all variants 'One Size'. Strictly speaking, these values are no attributes for variations. So, what to do when you want to export in the upper part only color or size and in the lower part only the color as a variant?

Suppose that the products have already been imported as variants with a parent ID. Then proceed as follows:

1. Data Pool -> Products -> Tab [Variants] -> Click on tab [Group ID]
2. Mark a record on the left and click the button [Create Parent(s) NOW ] at the bottom right
3. Click on the tab [Parents]. There you find the newly created Parent.
4. Open the record and assign the variations that you want to that parent. If, for example, items differ by their "color", select for this field 'Use as 1st variant' from the drop down menu besides it.
5. Don't forget to save!

This must be done for all parent records. Should part numbers have been changed or new numbers been added in the import file, you have to adjust (if necessary) the respective parent records.

Variants for Amazon

Parent IDs for Amazon must not contain the following data:

• Stock
• Price
• EAN number
• Attributes

Notes on product attributes or characteristics:

• For measurement unit fields such as Length, Width, Height, Weight must correct units be entered.
• In the Size field - depending on the category - only specific, by Amazon predetermined values, are allowed
• In certain fields - mostly with the additional designation ...Name (for example, SizeName) - your own values can be used. These values must be created previously in the system.
• Product attributes parent and child must always be in lowercase.
• Based on the selected product category on Amazon, required/allowed product attributes vary.