Product Catalog Variants 

Use

A catalog variant determines the specification of a catalog regarding:

·        Language

·        Currency

·        The products it contains

·        Price control data

Defining several catalog variants allows you to generate catalogs in several languages, with different prices, and different product contents, on the basis of the same set of data.

Prerequisites

You have created a catalog header. See: Creating Catalog Headers.

Integration

You can only create catalog items when you have created at least one catalog variant (this does not apply to purchasing catalogs).

You determine which products from the catalog are admissible for these variants using the distribution chains created in the catalog variants (this does not apply to purchasing catalogs). You can only add products to the catalog that correspond to at least one variant. For example, when a catalog variant is published, only products that belong to the distribution chain of the variant are displayed. The same applies when performing an XML export and when transferring product hierarchies. See: Transferring Product Hierarchies.

Features

Data for price control when using the Internet Pricing and Configurator (IPC):

Determine the following data in the catalog variants for pricing using the IPC:

Price control data

Mandatory Data	Optional Data
Currency	Customer group
Sales organization	Price group
Distribution channel	Price list category
Pricing procedure

Data for price determination when using list prices

Determine the condition type, condition tables and catalog price type in the catalog variant, if you are using list prices. See Price Determination for List Prices