SyncMaster service for PrestaShop allows importing combinations in three different ways. This article will be described generate combinations from the attribute values method.
Product combination is composed of two parts: the attribute name and the attribute value. The attribute name will be the title of the attribute, such as “size” or “color," and the attribute value will be the value for that attribute, such as “XL,” “M,” “red,” and/or “blue.”
If you have a lot of combinations of your product, you can generate it from your attribute values.
For example, if you have some products that have all possible combinations with such attributes as:
- Color - blue, red, green
- Size - XL, M, S
- Material - cotton, silk
You can generate all possible combinations using the import method to generate combinations from attribute values. For this you must have the file in such format:
As you can see, in the file does not enter the attribute name - in this import method you can enter it manually, or also you can select it from the file field.
Also notice, that using generate combinations method you can not import other combinations fields such as combination reference, combination impact price, etc.
In the SyncMaster service the combination settings must be configured so:
As you can see, we created three attributes and set appropriate values in them. After import you can see generated combinations in back-office products settings:
And in the front office you will see this: