The eCommerce Integrations tabs in Product Masterfile Maintenance and Global Inventory Enquiry have been changed to remove the parent/child linking information as this is now rolled into the Product Variants feature.
Product variants allow for a generic product to be created for a group of products that are basically the same but differ in size/shape/colour etc. These can be useful to group variable products together for searching, pricing and reporting purposes.
For example, you may have a ceramic mug that you sell, and it comes in RED, BLACK, GREEN and BLUE. You can create a Variant Parent product for Ceramic Mug, and link the individual coloured products to the parent with the attribute being COLOUR. You can set sell pricing, contract pricing etc on the Variant Parent, and run reports and group them by the Variant Parent.
Variant Product Pricing:
Prices on a Variant Parent product will be considered in the pricing hierarchy when selling variant child products, including standard sell prices, catalogue and government prices, special pricing levels prices, dynamic and static contract prices and promotional prices. Any pricing type set on a variant child will override the same pricing type on the variant parent. It is recommended that in cases where prices on variant child products vary, that the variant parent is not priced, contracted or put on promotion but instead the individual variant children are.
Please refer to Sell Price Hierarchy for more information on pricing hierarchy.
Buying and Selling Variant Products:
A variant parent product cannot be bought or sold, only the actual variant child products can.
When attempting to sell or purchase a variant parent in any of the following screens, the system will prompt users to select a variant child for the transaction.
•Sales Invoice/Credit Entry & Maintenance
•NCN/CAR Entry & Maintenance – Lines Tab
•NCN/CAR Entry & Maintenance – Return Fees Tab
•Sales Order/Quote Entry & Maintenance
•Reoccurring Sales Order Entry & Maintenance
•Service Job Completion – Work Performed Tab
•Service Job Completion – Sundry Items Tab
•Back to School Booklist Maintenance
•Supplier EDI Invoice Enquiry/Maintenance
•Stock Requirements Manager – Add Product screen
•Web Order Enquiry/Maintenance
•Purchase Order Entry/Maintenance
Please refer to Product Variants and Creating Parent/Child products for more information.
