Hi Sharoon, > On Jul 4, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Sharoon Thomas <sharoon.tho...@openlabs.co.in> > wrote: > > >> On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:59 AM, Dale Scott <d...@dalescott.net> 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 >
Makes sense. It seems creating a new product also creates one variant for that product. In this case (only one variant), does it matter if you purchase or sell, or otherwise manage, the product - or the variation? In other words, are the product and the only variation synonymous for some purposes? > > 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). Got it. There are no variations in my current system (that I am migrating *to* Tryton), I guess I was thinking of this in the context of only one and only one variation. Thanks! >
