Create abstract products and product bundles

This doc describes how to create abstract products and product bundles.

Prerequisites

To be able to create product variants of the abstract product, create at least one super attribute.

Each section contains reference information. Make sure to look up the necessary information as you go through the process.

Define general settings

1. Go to Catalog > Products.
2. Depending on the type of the product you want to create, select one of the following:
   • Abstract product: click Create Product.
   • Product bundle: click Create Product Bundle. This opens the Create a Product page.
3. On the General tab, define general settings:
   1. For STORE RELATION, select one or more stores.
   2. Enter an SKU PREFIX.
   3. Enter a NAME for each locale.
   4. Optional: Enter a DESCRIPTION for needed locales.
   5. Optional: Select NEW FROM and NEW TO dates.
   6. Select Next > and follow Define prices.

Reference information: Defining general settings

Define prices

On the Price & Tax tab, do the following:

1. B2B Shop: Optional: To define prices for a merchant, select a MERCHANT PRICE DIMENSION.
2. Enter one or more DEFAULT prices for needed locales and currencies.
3. Optional: To display promotions, enter ORIGINAL prices for needed locales and currencies.
4. Select a TAX SET.
5. Select Next > and follow Define product variants.

Reference information: Define prices

Default and original prices on the Storefront

If you want to display the difference in price in order to show what the price was before and how it changed, you add both default and original prices. The default prices are displayed in the online store as a current price, while the original one is displayed as a strikethrough.

Define product variants

On the Variants tab, depending on the product type, do one of the following:

• Product bundle: Click Next > and follow Define meta information.

• Abstract product: Define product variants as follows:

  1. Select one or more super attributes to create product variants from.
  2. In the field next to the super attribute you’ve selected, select one or more product attribute values.
  3. Repeat the previous step until you select at least one value for each selected super attribute.
  4. Click Next > and follow Define meta information.

  

Reference information: Define product variants

In the Variants tab, you can see all the existing super attributes. To create a super attribute, see Create product attributes.

You can select as many super attributes as you need and define one or more values for them. For each product attribute value you select, a product variant will be created. After creating the abstract product, you will be able to create new product variants based on the super attributes you select when creating the abstract product.

Optional: Define meta information

1. Click the SEO tab.
2. Enter any of the following for needed locales:
   • TITLE
   • KEYWORDS
   • DESCRIPTION
3. Click Next > and follow Add images.

Reference information: Define meta information

Optional: Add images

1. On the Images tab, do the following for the needed locales:
   1. Click Add image set.
   2. Enter an IMAGE SET NAME.
   3. Enter a SMALL IMAGE URL.
   4. Enter a LARGE IMAGE URL.
   5. Optional: Enter a SORT ORDER.
   6. Optional: To add one more image, click Add image.
   7. Repeat steps 3-6 until you add all the needed images.
   8. Optional: To add one more image set, click Add image set.
   9. Repeat steps 2-8 until you add all the needed image sets.
2. Click Save.

This opens the **Edit Product Abstract:{product SKU} page with a success message displayed.

Reference information: Add images

Next steps

• Add volume prices
• Add scheduled prices
• Edit abstract products and product bundles