Variation Settings

View - Product - Product Register - Variation tab - Variation Settings button

Variations can, to a certain degree, differ from the main product.

In Variation settings you specify which settings will vary. Information from the un-variable product will be retrieved from the main product’s product card.

Tip! In Company settings for Product in the Default values tab you can set Default settings for products with variations. The setting will be the default that will apply to all new products. This will simplify the process in creating new main products with product variations considerably, particularly if you have many products with the same variation attribute. Default settings can be overridden for each main product through the Variation tab under Variation settings.

Default Settings: Retrieves the default settings made in the Company Settings. Use this button if you made changes to the default setting after a product was created and you now want to apply the default settings to that product.

Information which is different for each variation

Select the information that will differ for each variation. This could often just be warehouse information such as current stock and EAN-code. It is also possible to have individual prices for each variation. You edit the information through the Variation tab in the product register or in the Variation matrix.

Prices: Select this if the variation price differs from the price of the main product.

Note! If the product shall vary in price, but not in stock, the stock value list report will not be able to show the value of the product. However, you can view the stock value by printing the report Stock value list (stock movements), or the Stock List reports.

Current stock: Select this if current stock is individual to each of the variations.

Unit: Select this to set another unit for the variation that differs from the main product.

Qty. per unit: Select this to edit the number per unit for the variation.

EAN code: Select this in order to enter an EAN code that differs from the main product.

Commodity code: Select this to enter a number that differs from the main product.

Weight: Select this in order to enter another weight for the variation that differs from the main products.

Volume: Select this to enter a volume that differs from the main products.

Variation setup

Display main product's Product Number on printouts in Sales/Logistics modules: Tick this to make use of the main product’s product number on printouts for selling and purchasing the product. If this is not selected, the variation’s product number will be used.

Automatically structure variation name

When you create variation links for a main product, different variations treated as sub-products are created. These will be individual products for your customers. Depending on how you create variation attributes, it could be necessary to build product variation names. The settings simplify this process so you do not have to enter a detailed product name for each variation. The process is automated according to the setting.

Select from the Structure drop-down list to set how the name will be structured. Variation attributes refers to the type it was defined as in the Properties Register, e.g. Colour, while variation value means the value for the variation, e.g. Green.

In the line Example below the drop-down list, you will see an example of how the product name will look for your selected structure.

Variation attributes

Select from the drop-down list which variation attributes the main product will have. The attributes (e.g. Colour) and the different values (e.g. red, green, yellow) are defined in the Properties Register.

Allow duplicate attributes: Select this if you want several variation of a main product to have identical combination attributes. The box will be ticked if you have already created variations with duplicate attributes, and you cannot remove the tick before this is corrected.