Product Configuration

Contents:

• Representing Products (Manadev)
  • Representing Product List

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

Find product which should be cloned and open it for editing.

New section Representing Products (Manadev) appeared after extension installation.

Representing Products (Manadev)

• Represented Qty - shows calculated represented quantity for selected product without possibility to modify. In case multiple representations of this product are not enabled, standard stock quantity is shown.

• 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 in case this option is selected

  

• Override Existing Product Attributes. 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

Representing Product 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

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.
• Name - name of original or represented product.
• Repr. Qty - calculated represented quantity of represented product.
• 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

• Algorithm - quantity calculation algorithm

  • Parts - all parts are summed up and stock quantity is distributed according the part.

  

  • Percent - represented quantity is exact percentage value of stock quantity:

  

  • Exact Qty - quantity is equal to given exact value

  

  • Virtual Percent - quantity of newly created product is added as additional percentage to original product quantity. This is default option, suitable for main use case

  

• Part/Percent - number of parts or percentage value. The value is used to calculate and distribute original product quantity to all represented products.

• Actions
  • Remove remove products from representing product list