Variants not always created

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7 years 9 months ago #243461

-- url of the page with the problem -- : staging4.2-sleep.be
-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.3
-- Joomla version -- : 3.5.1
-- PHP version -- : 5.6.22
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Hi,

If I create a product with a certain characteristic, the variants are created when I save. When I create another product with another characteristic, no variants are created. When I create yet another product with the first and the second characteristics, no variants are created. Why? Shouldn't this just always work?
I have deleted the characteristics and recreated them and I still have the problem. It's driving me nuts! :angry:
The procedure is so simple. Create characteristics, create a product, pick characteristics and save. What can I do wrong?

Kind regards,

Jan Buskens.

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7 years 9 months ago #243466

Hi,

HikaShop doesn't create variants automatically to avoid having people destroying their website by creating products with millions of variants (it happened a lot when variants were created automatically).
As explained in the documentation related to characteristics the process is this:
Create characteristics, create a product, pick characteristics, go in the variants tab of the product, click on the add variants, select the values of the characteristics for which you want variants, and validate.
www.hikashop.com/support/support/documen...html#characteristics

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7 years 9 months ago #243548

Uhm... When I create a new product and add a certain characteristic, 8 variants are automatically created. A green square appears with the number 8 in it. And when I click the variants tab, I get a list of 8 variants (see attachment).
Now I'm confused :S


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7 years 9 months ago #243558

Hi,

I'm not able to reproduce that behavior.
Do you have the "automatically generate variants" setting in the HikaShop configuration ? Is it activated ? What if you turn it off ?

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7 years 9 months ago #243644

These are my product settings:

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7 years 9 months ago #243647

Hi,

The "automatically generate variants" setting was displayed under the "advanced settings" section of the configuration. So please check there.

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7 years 9 months ago #243776

Hi,

These are my advanced settings:


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7 years 9 months ago #243781

Then I don't see why it would happen. But well, if it's only creating 8 variants, it actually reduces the work for you since you don't have to create them, so I don't see the problem ?

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7 years 9 months ago #243808

The problem is that it doesn't work with all characteristics. If I select another or add another, nothing is created. I just see a red square with a zero in.

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7 years 9 months ago #243813

Hello,

Can you provide back end access in order to process some tests ?
Use our Contact us form, just add in your message a link to this topic.

Awaiting news from you.

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Last edit: 7 years 9 months ago by Philip.

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7 years 9 months ago #243893

Hello,

I m process lots of tests in order to understand how just add a characteristics can lead to AUTOMATICALLY create some variants.
But with no success... I'm really wonder how this is possible, expect maybe if you have previously create a product with this variants, DELETE it AND create a new WITH the same ID...

Anyway, for me as Nicolas told you add characteristics don't create variants alone, and so I see that your Variants works as expected.

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