Duplicate a Product

This section explains how to duplicate a product using the Product Manager. Duplicating a product can be a more efficient alternative to creating a new product from scratch. It is recommended that the duplication process consist of:

Deactivate a product that contains similar product configurations that you want for the new product
Activate or Deactivate a Product
- The Standard General Attributes are basic attributes for all products.
- Select the Active/Inactive option to deactivate or reactivate a product.
Duplicate that product
Make all the changes you want on the duplicated version
Reactivate the original product
Activate or Deactivate a Product
- The Standard General Attributes are basic attributes for all products.
- Select the Active/Inactive option to deactivate or reactivate a product.
Activate new product as needed

Important: Duplicating a product creates a new product using all the information from the product being duplicated including all SKUs and SKU relationships.

Duplication Steps

Once a product is duplicated, the following three steps might need to be completed on the duplicate product:

Remove any unwanted existing SKU relationships
Create new SKUs
Create new SKU relationships

Follow the steps below to duplicate a product and update the SKUs and SKU relationships.

Step	Action
1	From the Product Manager, perform a search for the product to be duplicated. TIP: In case the product you want to duplicate is deactivated, be sure to select No for the Active field in the search criteria. Click here to see field image. Search Filter: Active Field to NO
2	Locate the desired product from the Search Results and click on the icon to duplicate the product.
3	Once duplicated, if both the original product and the duplicate are active, the following four steps must be completed on the duplicate product: Assign a new Style (Model) Number to the duplicate Remove existing SKU relationships Create new SKUs Create new SKU relationships
4	When a new product is generated from duplication of an existing one, you are given the option to re-associate the existing barcodes to the new product. If you choose this option, those barcodes will no longer be associated to the existing product that is being duplicated.

Assign a New Style/Model Number

Step	Action
1	From the Product Manager, locate the duplicate product and click on the icon to edit its Standard General Attributes.
2	Enter a new Style/Model Number for the duplicate product.
3	Click Update at the end of the screen.

Remove Existing SKUs from Duplicate Product

Step	Action
1	From the Product Manager, locate the duplicate product and click on the icon to remove related SKUs.
2	Click on the Inventory link to view the related SKU list.
3	Click on the icon for each SKU that should not be related to the duplicated product.
4	The system prompts you to confirm the removal, click OK to remove the SKU relationships.
5	Continue with creating new SKU for the product.