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Create a product with all its variants

One parent item, attributes like thickness and pattern, a SKU for every variant.

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Your mats come in thicknesses, weights and patterns?

Create the product once as a parent item. Describe what changes as attributes. Trakto creates every variant with its own SKU code.

1Three kinds of items

KindUse forRubber example
Purchased: Raw materialBought and used upNR, SBR, carbon black, clay, sulphur
Purchased: SparesKeep machines runningHeater bands, mould parts
Manufactured: Finished goodMade and soldGym Mat
Manufactured: Semi-finishedMade and stored, not soldRubber compound, if stocked
Important

The SKU code is compulsory and unique. Bills, Tally, labels and reports use it. Keep it short: NR-RSS4, Side-32-12-Plain.

2Create the parent item

WhereInventory → Items → Create → Manufactured Item

Inventory, then Items, then Create, then Manufactured Item
  1. 1InventoryIn the left menu.
  2. 2ItemsYour item master: everything you buy or make.
  3. 3CreateAdd a new item.
  4. 4Manufactured ItemAnything you make: the mat (FG) or the compound (SFG).
  1. Pick Finished Goods, type Gym Mat, unit Pieces.
  2. Check the SKU.
  3. Turn on Variants & Attributes → Create Variants.
FG or SFG. Name and unit. SKU. Turn on variants.
1 FG or SFG. 2 Name and unit. 3 SKU. 4 Turn on variants.

3Simple editor: every combination

An attribute is one thing that changes between pieces. Type each attribute and its options; Trakto makes every combination.

2 sizes × 3 thicknesses × 3 colours. Generate creates all 18.
1 2 sizes × 3 thicknesses × 3 colours. 2 Generate creates all 18.
Each variant gets a SKU code you can edit before saving.
1 Each variant gets a SKU code you can edit before saving.

4Advanced editor: only what you make

When not every combination exists (Straight-edge never comes in 48 kg), build a tree, Edge → Weight → Thickness → Pattern, and tick only what you make.

SKU built from the levels. Levels and options. Tick what exists under each choice.
1 SKU built from the levels. 2 Levels and options. 3 Tick what exists under each choice.

5Find any variant in seconds: the item picker

Wherever you pick an item (sales order, work order, production log, GRN, PO), the same picker opens. Type a few letters, then tap attribute chips to narrow the list.

Type anything, then Refine by attribute, then Parent item, then Matching variants
  1. 1Type anythingPart of the name, SKU or attribute: “Side-lock 32 12”. The product becomes a chip.
  2. 2Refine by attributeTap Edge, Weight, Thickness or Top Pattern to narrow 72 variants to a few.
  3. 3Parent itemPick the product without a variant when the exact one isn't known yet.
  4. 4Matching variantsClick one, or use ↑ ↓ and Enter.

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