Linking Individual Products
From the product Relationships page, you can create and manage linked products. From any product page, click Relationships in the menu bar to access the product Relationships page.
Viewing Linked Products
Linked products are displayed in the Related Products / Attribute Synchronization table on the product Relationships page.
The Related Products / Attribute Synchronization table contains four columns.
• The first column displays the remove icon
. Clicking this icon allows you to remove the link between the corresponding and current products.
• The Product column displays the name of the linked product. Clicking the product name takes you to that product’s Details page.
• The Relationship Type column displays the name of the relationship type that was selected when the link was created.
• The Role column indicates which role the corresponding product plays during attribute synchronization: parent, child, or none.
You can also click the information icon
in the product header to view all information on the product
Relationships page in a separate window.
Copying and Linking Products
The copy / link functionality allows you to create a copy of the current product and then link the copied product back to the original product. You can select the copy / link functionality from product pages and the line sheet. You can also click Copy / Link Product on the product Relationships page.
This takes you to the
Copy / Link Product page, where you can create a copy of the current product, and also link that copy to the original product. See
Using the Copy/Link Product Page for instructions on working with this page.
Linking to Existing Products
To create a link to another product that already exists, do the following:
1. Click Link Existing Product.
2. The Find: Product window appears. In this window, you can search for existing products in the product library using the search functionality.
3. Click Search after you have entered all of your search criteria.
| Entering no search criteria returns all products for the product type selected. |
4. On the Search Results for Product page, click (choose) next to the product that you want to link to.
5. On the Select Link Type window, you can specify the relationship type that you want to use when linking the products. Select a link mode from the Relationship Type menu. Because you are linking existing products, only link relationship types are available for selection.
| When linking existing products, the selected link relationship types only link product attributes. They do not link any product options. |
6. Click Select. The system returns you to the product Relationships page, and displays your newly linked product in the Related Products / Attribute Synchronization table.
