Define Product Child Value Sets

The Manage Product Child Value Sets task uses the same page as the Manage Product Value Set task.

A child value set is used to define variants for stock-keeping units or SKUs. A SKU contains the common properties for an item. For example, a shirt can be produced with sizes; small, medium, and large. The variant is used to represent the sizes of the shirt.

You define child value sets as follows:

• Create a value set with validation type of independent, for example All Sizes.

• Select the new value set in the Manage Product Value Sets results table, for example All Sizes.

• Click Manage Values, create several values, for example Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large.

• Create a value set with validation type of Subset and enter the first value set you created for the independent value set, for example: Plus Sizes.

• Select the value set Plus Sizes in the Manage Product Value Set result table.

• Click Manage Values and then click the Add icon. The dialog will show a list of values based on the value set named Plus Sizes. Select two of them. The value set Plus Sizes is a child of All Sizes.