[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Changing display message to "invalid configuration" ## - **[DylanHika](/forum/user/54202-dylanhika "View DylanHika's Profile")** - [![DylanHika's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/54202-dylanhika "View DylanHika's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/54202-dylanhika) Less More - Posts: 17 - Thank you received: 0 - - 8 years 4 months ago [\#294836](#294836) by [DylanHika](/forum/user/54202-dylanhika "View DylanHika's Profile") *[Changing display message to "invalid configuration"](/forum/31-development/895160-changing-display-message-to-invalid-configuration#294836 "Hello, We have many products with a number of variants, but with those characteristic selections, certain configurations do not exist. When this happens, the master product code shows up on our site. If that product doesn't exist, I would instead like it to say "invalid configuration." (Think: You have a shirt sizes and colors, but a green medium does not exist.) I think my answer is in this string of code that I have attached, however, I cannot get the message to populate properly. How should I be rewriting this code?")* was created by *[DylanHika](/forum/user/54202-dylanhika "View DylanHika's Profile")* Hello, We have many products with a number of variants, but with those characteristic selections, certain configurations do not exist. When this happens, the master product code shows up on our site. If that product doesn't exist, I would instead like it to say "invalid configuration." (Think: You have a shirt sizes and colors, but a green medium does not exist.) I think my answer is in this string of code that I have attached, however, I cannot get the message to populate properly. How should I be rewriting this code? - [ ![show.PNG](/forum/attachment/44084) ](/forum/attachment/44084 "show.PNG") [ ](/forum/attachment/44084?download=1 "show.PNG") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMxLWRldmVsb3BtZW50Lzg5NTE2MC1jaGFuZ2luZy1kaXNwbGF5LW1lc3NhZ2UtdG8taW52YWxpZC1jb25maWd1cmF0aW9uP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 8 years 4 months ago [\#294855](#294855) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Changing display message to "invalid configuration"](/forum/31-development/895160-changing-display-message-to-invalid-configuration#294855 "Hello, We have many products with a number of variants, but with those characteristic selections, certain configurations do not exist. When this happens, the master product code shows up on our site. If that product doesn't exist, I would instead like it to say "invalid configuration." (Think: You have a shirt sizes and colors, but a green medium does not exist.) I think my answer is in this string of code that I have attached, however, I cannot get the message to populate properly. How should I be rewriting this code?")* Hi, Normally, when a variant doesn't exist for a combination of characteristic values, the stock (quantity) is 0 and the product variant cannot be purchased. So in such case, instead of the "add to cart" button, you should see a "no stock" message. If you want to customize that message, you can use a translation override: [ www.hikashop.com/download/languages.html#modify](https://www.hikashop.com/download/languages.html#modify) Note that you can also change the "characteristic selection method" setting in the HikaShop configuration to "list" or "table" which will prevent the customer from being able to select / see variants that don't exist. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMxLWRldmVsb3BtZW50Lzg5NTE2MC1jaGFuZ2luZy1kaXNwbGF5LW1lc3NhZ2UtdG8taW52YWxpZC1jb25maWd1cmF0aW9uP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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