Merge products

Introduction

Merge variants is a feature that allows you to combine products that are SKUs (IsSku == true) into one main product. This is especially useful when you have several products representing different versions of the same item, such as different sizes or colors. When merging, the selected products become variants of the main product, and the original products are deleted. For example, if you have three different sizes of a jacket stored as separate products, you can use this function to merge them into one main product with the sizes as variants.




When merging, you have two options: "create a new product" or "merge into an existing product."

Create a new product

This option is used when you want to merge several products as variants under a completely new main product.

1. 1. Select the products you wish to merge from the product list.
      
      
      
      
   2. Click on the total products in the top of the window.
   3. Click edit -> merge variants.
      
      
      
      
   4. Fill in a unique product ID.  Fill in a name for the new product.
   5. If the ID already exists in the system, you will receive an error message.
      
      
      
      
   6. Once the new product is created, all other information (such as descriptions and images) will be empty. To copy data from one of the variants to the main product, select "create copy from" in the dropdown menu.
      
      
      
      
   7. If product inheritance is enabled, you can choose to "Update inheritance" to carry over inherited properties.

Merge into existing product

This option is used when you want to add variants to an already existing product that has IsSku = false (main product).

1. 1. Select the products you wish to merge to an existing product from the product list.
      
      
      
      
      
   2. Click on total products in the top of the window -> merge variants
      
      
      
      
   3. Select "Merge into existing product".
      
      
      
      
      
   4. In the dropdown menu, select the main product to which the variants will be added.
   5. The main product must have IsSku = false for the variants to be visible as variants.
   6. If the selected products already have variants, these will be added to the main product as new variants.
   7. After clicking "merge variants," you will be redirected to the newly updated product, where you can see that the selected products have been successfully added as variants.
      
      

Detaching a Variant

If you want to correct an error or make a variant its own product, you can detach the variant from the main product.

To detach a variant:

1. Go to the main product that contains the variant you wish to detach.
2. Select the variant you want to detach.
   
   
   
   
3. Select "Detach variant"
4. The variant will be moved out and converted into a standalone product.