Product Configuration

Product Configuration (Catalog -> Manage Products)

• General Tab
• Representing Products Tab

Product Configuration

Catalog -> Manage Products

In order to access product configuration, go to menu Catalog -> Manage Products in Magento Admin Panel.

Find product which should be cloned and open it for editing

General Tab

After clicking a product in product list, new window opens with product configuration.

• In General tab check a SKU of a original product. It will be used for representing product identification.

• New field Represented Qty (Text) appeared after extension installation. It is used for exporting to external systems.

Representing Products Tab

• Enable Multiple Representations of This Product. While not enabled, standard Magento inventory management handles stock of this product; once enabled, you can distribute stock qty of this product between several products including this one.

  • No - standard Magento inventory management is used.

  • Yes - possibility to create representing products. New fields are shown.

• Override Existing Product Attributes. Used when adding already existing product. Not used when cloning. If set, attributes of an existing product added as a representing product will be overridden (if confirmed).

  • No (Global Configuration) - global configuration value is used
  • No - do not override existing product attributes
  • Yes - override existing product attributes

• Total Represented Quantity shows total quantity of all represented products without possibility to modify.

Representing Products List

Represented product list with possibility to create new cloned product or add existing product is shown:

Actions:

• Add Copy adds new representing product

  

• Add Existing possibility to search existing products and add them as representing products

  

• Remove - remove products from representing product list

  

• Reset Filter - clear filter fields in order to see full representing product list

• Search - apply filter to representing product list in order to find specific products

Table columns:

• ID - automatically generated identification of represented product or `this' for original product
• SKU - SKU of original or represented product. SKU for represented product is generated from original product SKU by adding suffix and sequential number. Hyperlink leads to represented product configuration.
• Name - name of original or represented product. Hyperlink leads to represented product configuration.
• Pack Qty - quantity of product in the package, for example 6 bottles in the pack. Helps to organize storing and selling of packed products. Pack quantity for original product should always be equal to 1
• Parts - initial number of parts. The value is used to calculate and distribute original product quantity to all represented products.

• Unit Of Measure - default unit of measure used for calculation of estimated quantity of represented product.

  • Parts of the Whole - all parts are summed and total quantity is distributed according the part: Estimated Qty = Total Qty * Part / Sum Of All Parts

    In example below, estimated quantity of second product WATCH_1 is calculated as 50 = 100 * 2 / ( 1 + 2 + 1):

    

  • Percentage of Qty in Stock - estimated quantity is exact percentage value of total quantity: Estimated Qty = Total Qty * Part / 100

    In example below, estimated quantity of second product WATCH_1 is calculated as 25 = 100 * 25 / 100:

    

  • Exact Qty - estimated quantity is equal to given exact value

    In example below, estimated quantity of second product WATCH_1 is just taken from Part value:

    

  • Percentage (Extra Virtual Qty)- estimated quantity is exact percentage value of total quantity. However this quantity considered to be virtual which is not deducted from physical quantity: Estimated Qty = Total Qty * Part / 100

    In example below, estimated quantity of second product WATCH_1 is calculated as 25 = 100 * 25 / 100, but quantity of last product is still equal to total quantity:

    

• Position - priority of getting quantity for the product. In case total required estimated quantity is greater then physical total quantity, products with higher position gets quantity first.

  In example below, estimated quantity of third product WATCH is calculated as 5 = 100 - (70 + 25), in spite of 50 is used as required quantity of this product. This is because position of third product is lower: