permutations menu

[skipperjack]

hello..
newbie here..

Would someone be able to tell me the implications of selecting the product in the permutations menu..
example:http://www.smart-express.co.uk/questions/forumquest1.jpg

is it purely for stock control? ie.. what happen if you leave the product as [none]

Cheers

Skipper.

[Mike Hughes]

That's for associating a product with an option. If there's no associated product then you simply get a line of text for the selected option against the main product (on invoices, packing lists etc).

You can use associated products for stock control and/or having the same product appearing in many places.

Mike

[skipperjack]

I take it this is classed as an product option..

a component with an attribute, example...

a bottle of paint available in 100ml, 250ml , 1 litre..

you would associate with the product model, (ie) am1 black

[Mike Hughes]

I have great difficulty thinking in terms of actinic 'speak'. i.e. attributes, permutations etc so excuse me if I confuse the issue slightly.

If you have a product that comes in three optional sizes, in your example a bottle of paint in three sizes 250ml, 500ml, 1l , then you can associate an underlying product with each of the options. By doing this you can control stock levels for each of those different stock items.

Hopefully that's clear.

Mike

[skipperjack]

yeah cheers, that makes sense..

Anyone got a spare set of eyes I could borrow :o