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Creating a variant

Create a base variant, add option sets such as color or size, and generate the related SKUs and items with their codes, prices and costs.

Variants allow the user to select an option on an item (such as the color, or size) and this changes the item automatically to a different, related SKU. If you are selling a T-Shirt in three colours, you might have one base variant of the T-Shirt (which the customer can't order without selecting the color) and the related SKU's for each colour.

Create the base variant

1. Click "Go To"

Zigaflow Dashboard with the Go To menu highlighted in the top navigation bar, next to Tasks and CRM

2. Click "Variants"

Go To menu open over the Dashboard with the Variants option highlighted, just below Items at the top of the list

3. Click "New Base Variant"

Variants page with the New Base Variant button highlighted above the filters and the list of existing variant items

4. Add the variant's code

5. Click this field.

New Base Variant form with the Base Code field highlighted, filled in with 3-Seater Sofa, above Category and Type Unit

6. Add the variant's description

New Base Variant form with the Description field highlighted, Base Code already filled in as 3-Seater Sofa

7. Click "Add Base Variant"

Variant form with cost and tax fields filled in, highlighting the purple Add Base Variant button at the bottom

Add details, prices and costs

8. Enter additional details on the other tabs

Edit Base Variant panel with the Prices & Costs tab highlighted, next to Details, Suppliers, Attachments and Tags tabs

9. Prices and costs added to the base variant will be used by any SKU/Items created. They can be over-written on the SKU/Items if required

Edit Base Variant Prices & Costs tab with a GBP price row, highlighting the edit icon next to the delete button

Set up the variant options

10. On the Items tab, click on 'Add New Options' to add the variations

Edit Base Variant panel on the Items tab with the Add New Option dropdown arrow highlighted below the Description field

11. Create a set of options for this base variant or select an existing set to associate

Variant form with Add New Option highlighted and its dropdown listing Light Colour Preset and Vendor 1 End Caps Options Preset

12. Give the option set a name

Variant panel for a 3-Seater Sofa base code with the empty Option Name field highlighted next to Option Values

13. Enter the values separated by semi-colons

Variant form with Option Name set to Color and the Option Values field highlighted for entering semicolon-separated values

14. For example, "Blue;Green;Red". Then click "Add"

Variant option form with Option Values field containing "Blue; Green; Red" and the green Add button highlighted

15. Enter the preferred short derivations of each option that will be used in the SKU's code, separated by a semi-colon

Variant option form with the Derivative Values field highlighted, entered as B; G; R to match Option Values Blue; Green; Red

16. Enter option codes divider, for example '-' or '/'

Variant form with the SKU Divider field highlighted, next to Is Hidden Line Item, Is Required and Inactive checkboxes

17. Click "Save Changes"

Variant options panel with a Color option set to Blue; Green; Red, highlighting the Save Changes button beside Create Shells

Create the SKUs and items

18. Create the shells - this doesn't create the SKU's but creates the expected codes

Variant options panel with Color option values Blue, Green, Red, highlighting the Create Shells button beside Save Changes

19. If you are happy with the expected codes, select the shells to create the items for

Variant shells table with the select-all checkbox highlighted in the header, above three 3-Seater Sofa color shells

20. Click "Create Items". The SKU's/Items will be created

Variant options panel with Create Items button highlighted above selected 3-Seater Sofa shells for Blue, Green and Red

21. Click "Save Changes"

Variant options panel with Color set to Blue; Green; Red and the Save Changes button highlighted above the item shells list

22. Click "×". The variant and its SKUs are ready to use

Variant details window showing an updated confirmation banner, with the close × button highlighted in the top-right corner

Learn more: kits and variants in Zigaflow

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