Child products should have pricing, content, and images before setting them as variant products.
### Create a parent product
The parent product is a placeholder to which the child products are associated. The parent product does not represent a part stored within your ERP system and should be set up as such:
Go to **Admin Console** \> **Catalog** \> **Products.**
Click **Add Product** to create a new product record.
Within the **Details** tab, enter data in the **Product Number** and **Product Title** fields. At the bottom of the list, ensure the **ERP Managed** and **Track Inventory** toggles are set to **OFF**.
Within the **Content** tab, click **Create Revision** within the content section to add a description of the parent product. If more formatting or customization is necessary, click **Source**.
Within the **Images** tab, add one or more sets of Small/Medium/Large images for the product set.
Click **Save** in the **Revision** window.
Assign the Product to a Category within the **Category** finger tab.
Click **Save** in the Secondary Header.
### Add a variant class to a parent product
Go to **Admin Console** \> **Catalog** \> **Product**.
Locate the parent product from the record list and click the **Edit** button.
Select the **Variants** tab, select a Variant Type using the **Variant Type** drop-down .
Click **Save** in the secondary header.
### Assign child products to a parent product
From the **Variants** tab of the parent product, click **Assign Child Variants**.
Using the checkboxes, select the products that will be child products of the parent product.
Click **Assign**.
Click **Done**.
Click **Save** to save the child product association and click the **X** to exit the assignment screen.
Continue this process for each child product.
Click **Save** in the secondary header.
Note
Rebuilding the Product Search Index is required before the Variant Products will be available on the website.