{"id":16805,"date":"2022-10-21T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T18:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/?p=16805"},"modified":"2023-06-15T13:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:24:50","slug":"variant-presets","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/variant-presets\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Variant Presets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Product variant presets are a great way to save time while creating inventory records. Presets are saved attributes and values that you can quickly add to a variant template.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Common attribute examples are size, color, or style. Common values are identifiers like small, medium, large or blue, green, red.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Using Product Variant Presets<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s say you\u2019re planning on selling<strong>\u00a0different style<\/strong> sweatshirts <strong>in the same sizes<\/strong>: small, medium, and large. You can create a variant preset to assist the process.<\/p>\n<p>From the \u201c<strong>Inventory<\/strong>\u201d screen, select\u00a0<strong>\u201cProduct Variants<\/strong>,\u201d then \u201c<strong>Variant Presets<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h00_57.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8061 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h00_57.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h00_57.png 1005w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h00_57-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h00_57-768x503.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This opens the \u201c<strong>Variant Preset Records<\/strong>\u201d screen. Add a new record by pressing <strong>F3<\/strong> on your keyboard or the &#8220;<strong>Add A New Record<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h01_07.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8062\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h01_07.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h01_07.png 1005w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h01_07-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h01_07-768x505.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For this example, we\u2019ll call the template \u201c<strong>Sweatshirt Template<\/strong>.\u201d We\u2019ll give the preset an attribute name, \u201c<strong>Size<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h05_31.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8064\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h05_31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"662\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, we\u2019ll need to insert some preset values. Preset values help fill in information for our product variants.\u00a0<strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Notice the comment about adding a &#8220;<strong>Qty Multiplier<\/strong>.&#8221; Skip to <a href=\"#quantity-multipliers\"><strong>this<\/strong><\/a> section to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h15_51.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8116 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h15_51.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h15_51.png 782w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h15_51-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h15_51-768x371.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, create the base product. Click on \u201c<strong>Product Variant Template<\/strong>\u201d and create a new template by selecting &#8220;<strong>Edit List<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Add a New Record<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h31_30-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-15\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8091 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h31_30-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h31_30-1.png 745w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h31_30-1-300x154.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h22_42-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-16\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8092 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h22_42-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h22_42-1.png 371w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h22_42-1-300x212.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Give the variant a name, select any fields you want to be editable in each Item Record, then look for the &#8220;<strong>Attributes and Variants<\/strong>&#8221; section. Click on \u201c<strong>Fill from Presets<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_35.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-17\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8080 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_35.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_35.png 761w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_35-296x300.png 296w\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select the preset from the screen.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_58.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-18\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8083 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_58.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_58.png 811w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_58-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h23_58-768x651.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"566\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The values we created in this preset will automatically add to the variant template.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h24_09.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-19\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8084 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h24_09.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h24_09.png 773w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h24_09-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h24_09-768x850.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"718\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you save the template, the items will show in your inventory.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"oceanwp-lightbox\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h32_36.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-20\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8094 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h32_36.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h32_36.png 440w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-11-29_10h32_36-300x63.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"quantity-multipliers\"><\/a>Quantity Multipliers\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Quantity multipliers are used for items that have more than one quantity (ex. a case of soda, like a 6-pack). Quantity multipliers can be included in presets.<\/p>\n<p>Input the preset value(s) and add a <strong>#<\/strong> with the quantity you want to include in the preset. For example, creating a preset for a 6-pack would look like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_54.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16807 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_54.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_54.png 611w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_54-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If we add the preset to a Variant Template (&#8220;<strong>Fill from Presets<\/strong>&#8220;), it will automatically detect that this product should include 6 items as its quantity (since there are six to a pack) and notes that in the &#8220;<strong>Qty<\/strong>&#8221; field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16808 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_39.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_39.png 760w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h09_39-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can add more preset values (with quantities) by separating them with a comma.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h10_47.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16809 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h10_47.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h10_47.png 633w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-21_10h10_47-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Product variant presets are a great way to save time while creating inventory records. Presets are saved attributes and values that you can quickly add to a variant template.\u00a0\u00a0 Common attribute examples are size, color, or style. Common values are identifiers like small, medium, large or blue, green, red.\u00a0 Using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"ht-kb-category":[328],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-16805","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-product-variants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16805"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16816,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16805\/revisions\/16816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=16805"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=16805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}