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Using a spreadsheet to populate Variants configuration lines

If you have a product using the "Variants having individual price/weight/stock/SKU" setting, especially if it has a LOT of possible combinations of options, you may find it easier to use a spreadsheet program such as Excel to help you populate values for your Variants configuration lines:

  • Copy the generic format line from your Variants screen:
    SKU,Price,Ounces,Stock,Option1Value,Option2Value,Option3Value
    ...OR for an existing product, copy its existing Variants configuration lines;
  • Paste that into the first line of a new spreadsheet file;
  • Add/edit the corresponding values in subsequent lines for every possible combination of option values (ideally with no quoted values, if possible);
  • Save or Export that spreadsheet as a CSV (comma-separated values) file;
  • Open that file in Notepad (Windows) or textEdit (Mac);
  • Select All and Copy the text from there (delete or omit the generic first line);
  • Paste from there into the appropriate box in our Variants screen;
  • Click Next until you can Submit the new settings;
  • If you edited the option values for an existing product, sure you recopy your new Add to Cart button code and repaste that into your page.
This page added by E-junkieGuru on November 3rd, 2010 @ 5:04 pm GMT -7
Updated by E-junkieGuru on March 6th, 2011 @ 6:41 pm GMT -7
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