Creating relationships between products and Variants

There are several methods to create relationships in the Product Management. Using Orckestra Commerce Cloud, you can create relationships between categories and products like:

• Relationship between a base product or a variant and one or more categories.
• Relationships between base products, (no variants).
• Relationships between a base product and variants.
• Relationships between a variant and a base product.
• Relationships between variants.

Creating a relationship from a base product

1. Select the base product and display its details panel.
2. Click the Relationships tab.
3. In the bottom right corner of the screen, make a selection:
a. To create a relationship with one or more categories, click Create Relationships with Categories.
• In the new window that is displayed, the base product is selected by default. Click Next.
• In the drop-down menus at the top of the screen, select a Relationship Type and a Link Mode. To find out more about relationship types and link modes, see Merchandising Relationships.
• In the category tree, select one or multiple categories by checking their boxes.
• Click Save in the bottom right corner of the screen.
b. To create a relationship with one or more products, click Create Relationships with Products.
• In the next window that is displayed, the base product is selected. Click Next.
• Use the catalog's tree structure or the search field on the left to locate the products you wish to use.
• Check boxes to select products.

The Next button will not become available until at least one product has been selected.

• In the drop-down menus at the top of the screen, select a Relationship Type and a Link Mode. To find out more about relationship types and link modes, see Merchandising Relationships.
• Check that all relevant products are selected.
• The base product is selected by default. If you instead want to create a relationship with a variant, click the base product to display the list of variants and select the variant(s) you wish to use.
• Click Finish.

For example, you could select Products A, B, C and D and create a relationship of Type "Bundle" with a "Two-way" Link mode. When selecting several products simultaneously, the following relationships are created:

- A relationship is created for Product A with products B, C and D.
- A relationship is created for Product B with products A, C and D.
- A relationship is created for Product C with products A, B and D.
- A relationship is created for Product D with products A, B and C.

Creating a relationship from a variant

1. Select the base product and display its details panel.
2. Click the Relationships tab.
3. In the bottom right corner of the screen, select:
a. To create a relationship with one or more categories, click Create Relationships with Categories.
• In the new window that is displayed, the base product is selected by default. Select the variant(s) you wish to use, then click Next.
• In the drop-down menus at the top of the screen, select a Relationship Type and a Link Mode. To find out more about relationship types and link modes, see Merchandising Relationships.
• In the category tree, select one or multiple categories by checking their boxes.
• Click Save in the bottom right corner of the screen.
b. To create a relationship with one or more products, click Create Relationships with Products.
• In the new window that is displayed, the base product is selected by default. Select the variant(s) you wish to use, then click Next.
• Use the catalog's tree structure or the search field on the left to locate the products you wish to use.
• Check boxes to select products.

The Next button will not become available until at least one product has been selected.

• In the drop-down menus at the top of the screen, select a Relationship Type and a Link Mode. To find out more about relationship types and link modes, see Merchandising Relationships.
• Check that all relevant products are selected.
• The base product is selected by default. If you instead want to create a relationship with a variant, click the base product to display the list of variants and select the variant(s) you wish to use.
• Click Finish.

REFERENCES

• Modifying Categories
• Product selection methods
• Deleting a Category Relationship