On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:59 AM, Dale Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I've been attaching documents (e.g. datasheets, specifications, work > instructions, gerber files, schematics...) to all the product I have > imported. In the process, I found an attachment to a product is not the same > as an attachment to a product variant. > > Can someone explain the basic concept of products and product variants? > Should I be attaching documents to the product, or to product variants? What > is the difference? How to the user cases differ? Fwiw, I find the product > variant grid convenient because it includes the product code for each product > in the kanban view.
Explanation by a live example: **Variation on one attribute** Varying Attribute: Platform http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Advanced-Warfare-Xbox-One/dp/B00K308KF4 Here the product is: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare And the variants are: for PS3, Xbox, PC, PS4 etc **Variation on Two attributes** Varying attributes: Size, Color http://www.amazon.com/Cole-Haan-Lunargrand-Saddle-Oxford/dp/B00HB1PDTE Here the product is: Cole Haan Men's Lunargrand Saddle Oxford And the variants are: 12 sizes X 2 Colors = 24 variants As for your question about attachments: It depends on the nature of the products and variants. For example if you were to use iPhone as a product and the three sizes of 16GB, 32Gb and 64 GB as variants, then the specifications would be different for each variant while the user guide would the same since all of the user instructions for the series is same. Similarly, the images may vary by the iPhone color, but not by the size. So this depends if those documents you attach change by variant or change by product (template). Thanks & Regards Sharoon Thomas CEO & Chief Software Architect Openlabs Technologies & Consulting (P) Limited w: http://www.openlabs.co.in m: +1 813.793.6736 (OPEN) Extn. 200 t: @sharoonthomas - We win when our customers win
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