The variant catalog displays all products and variants synced from your Shopify store. Access the catalog by clicking “Variants” on the top menu.

In this screen you can:

Trigger a variant sync to refresh the list with any products added or updated in Shopify since the last sync
Configure which variants can be purchased in Inventory Planner
Assign vendors and vendor attributes such as cost prices and MOQs

Triggering a variant sync

Products are automatically synced from Shopify overnight. However, if you have added new products since the last sync, or have made updates that you wish to see in Inventory Planner, you can trigger a sync on demand by clicking the "Sync variants" button at the bottom of the variant catalog.

A sync usually takes a few minutes, depending on the size of your product catalog. While a sync is in progress the action button is disabled.

Configuring variants and assigning vendor attributes

Learn more about configuring variants and assigning vendor attributes in the Variant catalog on this page.

Variant catalog columns

Below is a list of the columns on the Variant catalog with some further details.

Field	Description	Configurable in Inventory Planner?
Image	An image of the variant, taken from Shopify.	N
Name	The product name and SKU. Also includes links to view the forecast details and to edit the product in Shopify. Learn more about forecast details here.	N
Shopify status	The status of the product in Shopify.	N
Published	The published status of the product in Shopify.	N
Discontinued	Whether you plan to restock the variant once the existing inventory runs out. Discontinued variants cannot be purchased.	Y
Dropship only	Whether the product is fulfilled by you or exclusively by a third party. Dropship only variants cannot be purchased.	Y
Edit vendors	Add: Assign an additional vendor to the variant Remove: Remove an assigned vendor from the variant Learn more about assigning vendors to variants.	Y
Vendor	The vendor(s) assigned to the variant. Click a vendor name to edit the vendor.	Y
Vendor reference	The vendor SKU for the variant. This field appears on the purchase order CSV template when emailing POs to your vendors.	Y
Vendor product name	The vendor product name for the variant.	Y
MOQ	The minimum order quantity for the vendor. Learn more about MOQs here.	Y
Cost price	The vendor’s cost price for the variant.	Y

Views and filters

The views and filters available on the Variant catalog allow you to focus on specific variants that may need your attention.

View	Purpose	Fixed filters
All	Displays all stock tracked, active/draft variants.	Stock tracked: True Status: Active or Draft
New variants	Displays variants that haven’t yet been published in your Shopify store.	Stock tracked: True Status: Active or Draft Published: False
Unknown vendor	Displays variants that are not yet assigned to a vendor.	Stock tracked: True Status: Active or Draft Vendor: Unknown

You can also filter using the following fields:

Filter	Type	Description
Vendor	Single-select	Filter for all variants associated with a particular vendor. Note that only the vendor(s) being filtered for will display in the results, even if the variant is associated with other vendors.
Status	Multi-select	Filter for variants with a particular product status: draft, active or archived.
Category	Single-select	Filter by product category. This corresponds to the product type in Shopify.
Collection	Single-select	Filtering by collection may be useful when a collection is being discontinued. You can filter by collection, select the results and set the discontinued status using the "Bulk actions" button.
Brand	Single-select	This filter is often useful when all variants within a particular brand are supplied by the same vendor. Filter by brand, select the results and set the vendor using the "Bulk actions" button.

Purchase screen

Variants

Get set up to purchase

Minimum order quantities (MOQs)

Configuring variants in the Variant catalog