Product variants are useful when you have different sizes or color variations of individual products. Variants are directly linked to the Automatic Replenishment system, where data are divided according to variants.

Where can you find product variants? 

In the Products section under the Variants tab, you can manage product variants. This means you can create new variants, add Custom Properties, and edit existing ones.

Product Variants

How to create a product variant? 

1. First, select the product for which you want to create product variants.
2. To add a new variant, click the New button in the Variants tab.
3. Each variant must have a unique External ID, which will be used to map other product data.
4. Confirm by clicking OK.

Product Variant settings

After confirmation, you can also fill in the Custom Properties for the created product variant.

Custom Properties of Product Variant

Setting and editing custom properties

Custom properties can be used for detailed personalization of product variants. Here you can set the properties that are key for the given products.

Custom properties of product variants can be found under the top bar Options / Custom Properties / Product Variants.

Editing Custom Properties

For more detailed information on creating custom properties, see the manual Creating Custom Product Properties.

Product Variants in Stores

An overview of all variants for specific stores can be viewed in the Product Variants in Stores report, which can be found under the Products section. In this overview, you can manually manage the attributes Variant Share, Stock Level and Stock on the Way for individual variants at stores. First, you need to set up the analysis:

• • In the Product Set criteria, select the products you want to include in the analysis.
  • In the Stores criteria, select the stores for which you want to display product variants.

Product Variants settings

After setting the criteria, run the report using the Report button.

The report will display a list of all products and their variants that match the set product filter and selected stores. This table also displays values for Variant Share, Stock Level and Stock on the Way. If you select a specific row representing a variant-store combination, you can manually adjust the values for these attributes in the property pane on the right.

Setting Variant Share and Stocking

Automatic Tasks

Import Product Basic Entities from CSV

Variants can also be imported into Quant using automatic import. Importing variants is part of Importing Basic Entities from CSV.

For the correct import of product variants, it is necessary to set the following, among other things:

• • Basic Entity for Import: Select the Product Variant option here.
  • Matching Attribute: Select External ID here.
  • Product Matching Attribute: Set the attribute according to which the products will be matched.
  • Attribute Mapping: Map the appropriate attribute from Quant to all columns you want to import here.

Import Basic Entities

Import Product Variant Store Data from CSV 

The Variant Share, Stock Level and Stock on the Way can be sent to Quant via automatic Import Product Variant Store Data from csv.

For the task to run correctly, it is necessary to set the following, among other things:

• • Store Matching Attribute: Set the attribute according to which stores will be paired.
  • CSV Importable Product Variant Store Data Attribute Mapping: Here, map the attributes you want to import with the properties in Quant.
  • Product Set: Here, you can define a narrower set of products that are relevant for import.

Import Product Variants

The Variants tab, Product Variants in Stores and related imports are hidden by default. If you want to activate the Product Variants module, please contact our support team.