Child products are separate stock items in Jim2 that are connected via a parent link to the virtual stock created above. These stock codes will sync to Jim2Commerce and appear in the form of an attribute of the parent product.
Child Stock
Add child stock:
▪Stock Code – A code that represents the parent stockcode with an attribute (Eg. WebRockWhite)
▪Set to type Depleting
▪Set non report group for the store (same as for the parent)
▪Set non report group to the attribute value (In this example we show C:White for the white colour attribute)
▪Report group to define Category
▪Non Report Group
–Extra Categories
–Extra features such as Bulky items etc.
▪Pricing – if a different price is allocated to this product it will show as this price in Jim2Commerce .
Details tab
Set the product to be published on the Web (same as parent stock code). Select WEBROCK in the Parent Stock field.
Image allocation (optional – following steps above in parent stock) to Documents (only one image will be used in Jim2Commerce when the attribute is selected).
Product dimensions need to be added here if any Jim2 Freight implementation is used.
The process above needs to be performed for each child stock code (attribute) that needs to be allocated to the parent stock code.
Create Similar
To streamline your product input, the create similar stock functionality in Jim2 can be used.
Select an existing stock code that represents the Jim2Commerce attribute, then click Create Similar.
▪Rename the new child stockcode to represent the new attribute
In this case it will be WEBROCKGREEN
▪Save the stock code
▪Remove the old non report group and replace with the correct non report group
▪Add in the Parent Stock Code in the details section. (currently this does not copy across through Create Similar Process)
▪Add a new image that represents the new attribute
–Note the Documents checkbox was not ticked above, so we do not have to remove the old image .
–In this case it will be a green version of the WebRock .
Attribute Images
In Jim2Commerce, when selecting a product's attribute an associated image can be viewed. Only one image per attribute is needed as only one image will appear during selection. Any other images assigned at this level will be shown as general images (better to allocate these to the parent stock code).
To allocate an image to a Child Stock item in Jim2 so it will show up when the attribute is selected, edit the child stock code (attribute), then go to the Documents tab. Click Add New, then select the image you would like to allocate from your file system, then select the following:
▪Tags = Portal Image
▪Hidden = untick
▪Usage = Image
▪Link to Stock – check name is correct. |