TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Product Types
• Adding a Product
• Editing a Product
• Managing Child Products
  • Configurable Products
  • Grouped Products
  • Bundle Products
• Publishing a Product

Navigate to: PIM > Products

The Products list in Znode is the central location for administrators to create and manage the products displayed in web stores.

Product Types

Note: When searching for a product using the filter on the Product Listing Page, make sure there are no spaces in the "Product Type" field.

Example: SimpleProduct, BundleProduct, GroupedProduct, and ConfigurableProduct (not case-sensitive).

Adding a Product

Administrators can create a new product by clicking the “Add New” button and following the below steps:

1. Add the required information
2. Click Save or Save & Close
3. When the Save button is clicked:
   1. Additional tabs would appear and add the required information
   2. Click Save or Save & Close
4. Publish the product (optional)

Editing a Product

Administrators can modify any product by selecting the Edit option next to each record and following the steps outlined below:

1. Edit the product details/associations
2. Click Save or Save & Close
3. Publish the product (optional)
   
   

Managing Child Products

Since the concept of Configurable, Grouped and Bundle products is to allow administrators to create a group/variants of similar products therefore in order to create a variant, a provision to associate other products (also known as child products) to the main product (also known as the parent product) is made available so that the child products can inherit the common behavior of the parent product and can be sold with the parent product. The common behavior of parent products is inherited by the child products so that when they are ordered through the parent product, some necessary conditions are applied.

Configurable Products

In order to have a product with variations (also known as variants), administrators can create a configurable. For example, to create a product like Carhartt 103574 Rugged Flex Rigby Cargo Pants in Black, Shadow, Navy and Dark Khakhi variations.
Administrators has to create Carhartt 103574 Rugged Flex Rigby Cargo Pants Black (simple product), Carhartt 103574 Rugged Flex Rigby Cargo Pants Shadow (simple product), Carhartt 103574 Rugged Flex Rigby Cargo Pants Dark Khaki (simple product), Carhartt 103574 Rugged Flex Rigby Cargo Pants Navy (simple product), and Carhartt 103574 Rugged Flex Rigby Cargo Pants (configurable product). All the simple products must be associated to the Configurable product in order to set up the product with variants on the webstore

In order to create a Configurable product, it is important for admin users to select one or more product attributes whose “Is Configurable” setting is true. Based on the selected attributes, the variants can be associated.

Once a Configurable product is created, admin users can manage the following for child/variant products:

1. Association
   1. Admin users can associate all those simple products as variants that have a unique value saved against the selected configurable attribute from the Variants tab using the Associate Products button.
      For example, say the configurable attribute is Color. If the admin user tries to associate Product 1 with the value of Color as Navy and Product 2 with the value of Color as Navy then this will not be allowed. Only one product with a unique value for color can be associated, so the admin user can associate either Product 1 or Product 2.
   2. Admin users can also unassociate the variants using a Delete action available for every record and under Tools action as well.
   3. There is no limit set to how many variants can be associated with the configurable product.
2. Default Variant
   1. Admin users can designate any variant as the default variant using the Set/Remove As Default Variant action under the Tools menu. When a variant is set as default, it will automatically be selected on the Configurable product’s details page when viewed on the web store.
   2. Additionally, admin users can change a default variant to a non-default variant using the same Set/Remove As Default Variant action. In this case, when the Configurable product’s details page is accessed on the web store, a random variant will be selected and displayed.

Note: 

1. In case of Configurable Products, inventory, price, and other settings (except for Obsolete product setting) of child products are always considered, when the parent product is viewed or when variants are ordered from the web store.
2. When there are no default variants available, a default variant will be randomly selected on the product details page of the respective configurable product.
3. The sequence in which the configurable attributes and configurable attribute values will be displayed on the Configurable Product Details Page on the web store can be managed from the Edit Attribute screen in the admin application.

Grouped Products

In order to have a group of related products with options to purchase one or more products from a group, admin users can create a Grouped product.

Once a Grouped product is created, admin users can manage the following for child/variant products:

1. Association 
   1. Admin users can associate any number of child products from the Grouped Product tab using the Associate Products button.
      Admin users can also unassociated the child products using a Delete action available for every record and under the Tools action as well
2. Display Order 
   1. Admin users can manage the sequence in which child products will be displayed on the web store by updating the value of the Display Order column using the Edit and Save actions available for every record. The child product with the lowest display order will be displayed first in the list on the Grouped product’s details page on the web store.

Note: In the case of Grouped Products, inventory, price, and other settings (except Obsolete product setting) of child products are always considered when the parent product is viewed or when child products are ordered from the web store.

Bundle Products

In order to have a package/bundle of required products with an option to purchase the entire bundle, admin users can create a Bundle product.

Once a Bundle product is created, admin users can manage the following for child/variant products:

1. Association 
   1. Admin users can associate any number of child products from the Bundle Product tab using the Associate Products button.
      Admin users can also unassociate the child products using a Delete action available for every record and under Tools action as well
2. Display Order 
   1. Admin users can manage the sequence in which child products will be displayed on the web store by updating the value of the Display Order column using the Edit and Save actions available for every record. The child product with the lowest display order will be displayed first in the list on the Bundle product’s details page on the web store.
3. Quantities Per Bundle
   1. Admin users can manage the quantities of child products available per bundle product.

Note: In the case of Bundle Products, except for inventory and out-of-stock options settings, all other settings of the parent product are always considered when the parent product is viewed or ordered from the web store.

Publishing Product(s)

Anytime an administrator makes any changes to a product, the product must be published in order to make the changes visible on the web store.
There are two ways to publish a product:

1. Product list page - To publish a product from the product list page, simply click the Publish icon next to the product you want to update.
2. Edit product page - To edit a product page, click on the Edit option for the desired product and make the necessary changes. Once you're done, click the Publish button located in the top right corner to save and apply the updates.

Note: All products that are included in a catalog are also published during a full Catalog Publish.