Variations screen within LinnLive allows you to see all the Variations you have created in Linnworks. Here you can search, browse, edit your variations, as well as create variation listings and adjust them. From the Variations screen you can see which variation listings are listed on your selling channels.
Each variation group has its own Parent Variation Item which can be created in Linnworks under Inventory Control -> Variation Group. For the Variation Group to be complete, it has to contain a Parent Item and Child Items.
Once variation has been created as described above, Variation Parent Item can be located in the Inventory Screen in Linnworks. Locate the item using the Search field. Variation Parent Items are highlighted in green colour. Click Edit Item button to edit Variation Parent Item.
Description Tab SKU and Name displayed in the Description tab are the Variation Parent Item SKU and Name which can be edited from this screen; Purchase Price and Retail Price can be left blank as they will not be used in the listing; Meta Data box can contain your Variation Group description which will be used in case no channels specific description is added; Pictures added in the Product Images field will be displayed in the listing for the Parent Variation Product. Images added to the Child Variation Products will be used to illustrate each child item separately. Listing Descriptions tab - In the Product Titles by Channel a channel specific title can be added to be used when listing given variation name. If this field is left blank, Parent Variation Item name from the Description tab will be used in the listing; - In the Product Description by Channel a channel specific variation description can be added. This description will appear in the variation listing. If it is left blank, Meta Data from the Description tab will be used in the listing; - Product Pricing by channel will not be used in the listing and can be left blank. Extended Properties Extended Properties tab is where you add extended properties for your variation listing. These are non-variant attributes like variation product condition, its specifics like material, brand etc. Item Stats This tab displays change log for given Variation Parent Product. |
Once variation groups have been set up in Linnworks, open LinnLive, navigate to the Variations screen and click Search for the system to to show all your variation groups. The system will load the list of all variation products existing in your system. Maximum 500 items can be shown per page. You can browse through the pages from the bottom part of the screen.
Category - if your inventory items are assigned to different categories in Linnworks, you can limit variations search in LinnLive to only display variations, which have at least one item belonging to a certain category. Clicking on down-arrow will open the list of all categories. Mode - allows you to apply the following criteria for your search: Not Listed + Subsource_name - displays all variations that are not listed on the channel; Errors + Subsource_name - shows variations with errors in listings on the selected channel; Listed + Subsource_name - shows variations that are listed on the channel; Show all - displays all variations. Section on the left hand side of the Variations screen consists of the following columns: Variation Group Name – Name of the variation group in Linnworks; Products – Displays a button with a number corresponding to the amount of items the variation consists of. Pressing this button will open the Variation Group window. Columns on the right hand side of the Variations grid provide information about your listings on each selling channel integrated in LinnLive. Combined Available Quantity - displays available amount of items from the given variation group. Moving mouse over column header of each channel will bring up a tooltip with the following information: Source – the name for the channel; SubSource – the account on the channel; Stock from location – location where the stock level is derived from. |
Regular search lets you look for a variation group by its name, SKU of one of the items it consists of or by words in the items title.
Extended Search window has more options (Fig. 3.1). Extended search will open if you click down-arrow in the Search field.
Clicking green plus symbol under Product details or Extended properties enables searching by item details or its extended properties. Full list of product details and extended properties that can be chosen as a search criteria is provided in the respective drop-down menu. Note: you can choose several Product details and Extended properties to be included in search by clicking the plus symbol several times. If you want to save the search criteria you used in Extended Search window, give your search a name and save it. This will allow you to use the same search later without having to specify all the criteria once again. |
Fig 3.1 |
Cells in Variations screen can be highlighted in different colours, as well as numbers in the cells can be written in bold or regular font (Fig. 4.1).
Right-clicking on a cell under the channel column brings up menu which allows you to do the following: Copy - copies the number; Edit Selected- opens the Listings screen with your listing template. Depending on the channel where the items are listed, respective window will be opened; Show All Errors - opens a page with listing templates that have errors on given channel; Translate Product Data (only for eBay) - takes you to Translate item information menu. Read more about translating eBay listings to other languages here. Create Listings (is not available, if there is an error with the listing (highlighted in red) or if it is busy (highlighted in grey)) - opens up a list of configurators that you can choose from to create listings. Note: If you have specified a configurator in the item's extended properties (only possible for eBay), or you want to choose different configurators for different listings, you should choose Create Listings Without Configurators option. This will open the Listings Screen where templates for each listing will be displayed. If there was a configurator specified in extended properties, it will be picked up by the system. You will have to hit Create button against the template to create a listing. If no configurator was specified, you will have to select a configurator you want to use and then click Create button. |
Instant Adjustments (Fig. 6.1) offers the following 7 options: Adjust Prices (not available for Magento) - will adjust price on the channel. This implies that price for the channel has been changed in Listing Descriptions section but has not been updated yet; Adjust Titles - will adjust title on the channel. This implies that title for the channel has been changed in Listing Descriptions section but has not been updated yet; Adjust Descriptions - will adjust item descriptions on the channel. This implies that description for the channel has been changed in Listing Descriptions section but has not been updated yet; Adjust Extended Properties - will adjust extended properties of the items listed on the channel. This implies that extended properties have been changed in Linnworks or LinnLive but have not been updated yet; Add New Attributes - will add new attributes to the items listed on the channel. This implies that new attributes have been added to the items in Linnworks or LinnLive but have not been updated yet; Update Images (only for eBay and Amazon) - will update images in listings. This implies that images have been added/changed using extended properties but have not been updated yet. Adjust Prices+Titles+Description - will adjust all the mentioned parameters. |
Fig 6.1 |