{"id":1627,"date":"2022-01-30T20:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T19:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ems-help.ch\/docs\/ems-item-management\/item-types\/item-variants\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:49:26","password":"","slug":"item-variants","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/en\/docs\/item-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"Article variants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Article variants are subordinate articles that are equipped with additional characteristics.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anlegen\">Create<\/h4>\n\n<p>Article variants always consist of a main article (parent article).<br\/>This is created like a normal article. It does not have to contain any sales data (price, etc.), but is only used to summarize the different variants. <\/p>\n\n<p>One or more subordinate articles are created from the main article.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3.png 742w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>The newly created article now requires the corresponding variant data in the properties. Any combination of data is also possible (e.g. size &#8220;L&#8221; and color &#8220;red&#8221;). <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-4.png 664w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-4-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Wahl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Wahl.png 999w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Wahl-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Wahl-768x158.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>The possible variants are stored like properties in the item settings<em>(Item management \u2192 Three-point menu \u2192 Settings \u2192 Properties<\/em>). Selectable variations are stored like default values, separated by a semicolon. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4486\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-1.png 961w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-1-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-1-768x265.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>By clicking on language symbols, the variants can be entered in other languages. However, default values only remain in one language! <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Sprachen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Sprachen.png 962w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Sprachen-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikeleigenschaften-Sprachen-768x247.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>The subordinate articles (variants of the main article) appear under the basic data.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikel-untergeordnet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikel-untergeordnet.png 893w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikel-untergeordnet-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikel-untergeordnet-768x264.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>When opening a subordinate article, the main article number and name are displayed. To return to the main article, click on the <em>three-dot menu \u2192 Edit main article<\/em>&#8230; <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ems-Web-Artikel-2-Hauptartikel-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4490\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>&#8230; or, if you are in other tabs, click on the main article.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikel-zum-Hauptartikel.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikel-zum-Hauptartikel.png 313w, https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ems-Web-Artikel-zum-Hauptartikel-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article variants are subordinate articles that are equipped with additional characteristics. 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