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
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 |
| 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.
| 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. |
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New variants | Displays variants that haven’t yet been published in your Shopify store. |
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Unknown vendor | Displays variants that are not yet assigned to a vendor. |
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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. |