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Problem

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Solution

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

Case

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

For example

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

• Colors: 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 table is used to identify item no.:

Example on identifier/Barcode

'100-VT-W-M' / '1234567891011' 

Solution: Add variant as Item Reference 

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'

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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'Scanning 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

• Example: (91)47002023, for T-Shirt White (Variant Code: VT - WHITE)

Using MobileWMS function - Item Cross Reference from the device

Select Item and add Cross Reference

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

How variants are shown in Mobile WMS

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Example of variant shown in Displayline5 in Pick Order Lines

The description of the item variants are usually shown instead of the Item description in Displayline 3. but the variant code is displayed either in Displayline 4 or 5.

OBS: In the OrderLines, displayline 5 is not enabled by default. It requires a small change in the application.cfg to display it. You can read more about the Order Lines page here.

See also

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