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Case: 

Customer is working with different Materials, Colors & Sizes for the same item no. in Business Central -  Instead of creating separate item no., they use Variants 

Exampel:

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For example

Item no. 100  100 T-shirt could be sold in different Colors and Sizes

• Colors:

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•  White, Blue & Red
• Sizes: Small, Medium & Large

Item 100, T-shirt Variant: Color, White / Size, Medium = Variant Code: VT-W-M 

For this specific Variant Code, the Cross Reference tabel table is used to identify the item no.:

Exampel Example on identifier/Barcode:

'100-VT-W-M' / '1234567891011' 

Solution: Add variant as Item Reference 

1: Setting up variant on Items in Business Central using the 'Variant Code' &  'Cross Reference'-table

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Step 1: Add variants

Use your existing variants or add them.

Go to: Item Card / Actions / Item / Variants

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Create 'Variant code' for each 'Item Variants' in table

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Step 2: Add Item Reference from webclient

Go to : Cross Item Card / Related / Item / Cross Reference

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Add 'Cross Item Reference No. 'for each 'Variant Code' in tableScanning a Bar Code using AI:.

Step 2: Add Item Reference from mobile (alternative)

Select Item Cross Reference from the main menu.

• Input/scan Item No.
• Input the new Item Reference 
• Select Variant

Step 3: Scan from mobile

We have now added "47002023" to identify the White variant.

Creating a barcode with this will make mobile identify both the Item and the White Variant.

Barcode example

Since our identifier is not an EAN13, we instead use AI 91 which can be other lengths.

See Register with Encoded Barcode (GS1).

AI (91): Item Variant Barcode

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To create your own Barcode, try using: https://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/

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Select 'Item' and add 'Cross Reference No.'

• Note: Variant Code, must be created in Business Central

See also

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