This guide helps you build products from inventory using the Product Builder and Mapping Templates. Learn through interactive tutorials, practical how-to guides, detailed explanations, and a comprehensive reference.

🧪 Tutorials

Build Products from Inventory

Goal: Create product variants from selected inventory variants while avoiding duplicates.

Scenario: You have inventory from multiple sources and want to build rich products (optionally with listings).

Steps:

1. Navigate to Catalog → Inventory.
2. (Optional) Apply the No Products quick filter to see SKUs that aren’t built yet.

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3. Select one or more inventory variants (use the header checkbox to select all filtered results).
4. Click Create Products.
5. In the flyout, confirm or choose a Product Builder and a Mapping Template. (Defaults are usually fine.)
6. (Optional) Enable Auto Create Listings and select the channel(s).
7. Click Create to start building.

🛠️ How-to Guides

A. Select Inventory

Identify the inventory variants to build into product variants (individually or in bulk):

• Open an inventory variant and click Create Products from the detail page.
• Or select checkboxes beside variants in list view.
• For bulk selection, filter first and use the header checkbox, then Select all 50+ Variants when applicable.
• Click Create Products.

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B. Create Products (Flyout)

When creating from Source Inventory, items go through the Product Builder and receive a Mapping Template. You may also choose to auto-create listings.

After clicking Create Products, the flyout shows:

• Product Builder — rule set for matching/combining variants.
• Mapping Template — controls how product fields map to channels.

You can edit (🖍) or select (➕) alternate Builder/Template strategies. Defaults typically work unless you have specific requirements.

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C. Auto Create Listings (Optional)

• Enable to create listings immediately after products finish.
• Each channel uses the most recent Mapping Template (first time uses default).
• You can always build listings later from the Product Catalog.

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D. Review Inventory Variant Statuses

Monitor building progress by filtering inventory variants by creation status.

• Not Linked: not yet selected for creation
• Building: currently processing
• Builder Issue: blocked by rules; needs review
• Linked: successfully created or linked

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E. Stop Building / Remove from Queue

1. Under Source Inventory, select the parent or variant.
2. Click Actions → Stop Building.
3. Click Remove From Queue and confirm Yes.

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F. Resolve Builder Issues

If variants are blocked, use the Builder Issue filter and review details on the inventory variant page.

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On the variant detail, the Builder Issues section explains conflicts and mismatches. Decide:

• “Nope, Delete” — removes the flag; issue may reappear if rebuilt under same conditions.
• “Looks Good, Build Again” — acknowledges and proceeds (may modify links or require a new SKU).

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🔍 Explanation

What Are Product Variants?

Product variants are created from and linked with one or more inventory variants during product creation.

Goals

• Prevent duplicate product variants across sales channels.
• Compose multiple data sources to produce the richest, most accurate product record.
• Enable pricing/quantity strategies across all fulfillment options.
• Support dynamic order routing when multiple fulfillment options exist.

How the Product Builder Works

• Finds common inventory variants by comparing configured identifiers.
• Combines matches into a single product variant using source priority ranking.
• Maintains links between product variants and their source inventory variants.
• Applies Mapping Templates for channel-ready data.

📚 Reference

Product Builder: Key Settings

Inventory Variant Statuses