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Product Variants & Attributes

If a product has multiple variants, you can easily configure them using the Product Variants option available in the Sales module. In order to get this feature, you need to activate the Product Variants option from the Settings menu of the module as shown in the image below.

Activating this feature will give access to a new option under the Products menu which is Product Variants. This will allow you to sell products using different attributes.

The Product Variants widow is shown above. The preview of the list includes the Internal Reference, Name, Website, Variant Values, Sales Price, Cost, Quantity on Hand, Forecasted Quantity, and Unit of Measure. Using the Create button, you can effortlessly configure a new product variant. The steps of configuring a new product variant are the same as that of the product configuration that we detailed above.

In order to define the attributes of a product variant, you can go to the Configuration menu of the module. Here, you can find the Product Attributes option. Clicking on this option will lead you to a new platform as shown below where you will get the list view of Attributes, Categories, Display Type, Variants Creation Mode, and eCommerce Filter Visibility.

You can create a new attribute using the Create button.

Mention the Attribute Name and set a Category to group similar attributes together in the comparison page of eCommerce. Select the DisplayType used in the product configurator of eCommerce. It can be Radio, Pills, Select, or Color. The available Variant Creation Modes are given below.

Instantly: All possible variants are created as soon as the attribute and its values are added to a product.

Dynamically: Each variant is created only when its corresponding attributes and values are added to a sales order.

Never: Variants are never created for the attribute.

The variant creation mode can not be changed once the attribute is used on at least one product. In the eCommerce Filter Visibility field, you can decide whether you want to make the attribute Visible or Hide it from the available filters on eCommerce. Under the Attribute Values, you can add values using the Add a Line button. The products with this attribute can be observed using the smart button Related Products available in the form view.