Global variant options and variant generator #5119
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Magento handles variants similarly. You could set up different attributes and then also set up an attribute set of one or more attributes, and then assign an attribute set to a product. This was extremely handy not only in saving time, but also improving consistency/reducing errors. It can also help with reporting on sales by attribute. It is probably the one and only thing I actually miss from Magento. |
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I like this feature |
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The headless commerce solutions I checked out also for some reason have trouble providing color swatch attribute lists, which is one of the most basic requirements for many stores that offer configurable products. You might want to check out the way swell.is is handling this, it's the perfect template. Saleor offers the same and has a more advanced variant editor (essentially editing a spreadsheet in the browser with copy/paste of cells, very convenient for 10+ variants) Attribute lists are just nice. In frontends, we always have to map and hardcode user entered data to UI select options. A typo entered in the product admin UI can literally brick a frontend if not handled correctly (lets just assume the "real world" scenario). Offering predefined, controlled attribute lists (key/value pairs) essentially completely solves that issue. As soon as the use case grows into a little bit more complex needs, you will face issues like this and they are - in my naive world - easily solvable. :) Since you will be going down the route of generating OpenAPI clients at some point, those same attribute lists can become an option to type properties on products for even more easier development support. Something you will never have on a field typed "string". |
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+1 for sure! If I remember correctly, even GoDaddy WYSWIG e-commerce creator allows specifying a global list of options and variant generation. Would be great to see this in medusa. Also optional thumbnails/swatches for option values. Currently I'd have to resort to a separate CMS to store these additional presentation fields. |
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Has anyone come up with a solution or plugin for this? It's something I need in every single project. Really surprised this hasn't gotten more demand/attention. |
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I happen to work on a store for clothing. Clothing with lots of sizes and colours.
While evaluating other stores including medusa, I saw that medusa neither supports global attributes used for variant creation nor does it offer a variant generator per se. This would be enormously practical to enter data in an efficient manner.
In a nutshell, most solutions I checked out handle it like this:
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