How To Add Configurable Product In Magento 2

February 9, 2021 The Online Helper

A configurable product is a group of simple products with unique SKU. The configurable product lets the customer choose options like (shirt colour). Every configuration has a simple product like (product for each colour).

Every option is a simple product with a unique SKU, Which makes it possible to follow inventory for every product variation. You can attain the same effect by using a simple product with custom options, without the knowledge to track inventory for each variation.

An example of a configurable product is clothing and any kind of product which has various options.

To create the configurable product

Follow the follwoing steps

step1: Create Configurable product

Step2: Add Configurations

Steps to Create a configurable Product

Step1: Select the product type

On the Admin panel, sidebar go to Catalog>Products

Magento 2 admin panel

Click on the upper right corner of the Add Product button and select the Configurable Product.

Step2: Attribute Set

For the product, choose the Attribute set.
Enter the name of the attribute set for search.
Choose any attribute set for use.

Add Configureable product

Step3: Required settings

Enter the name of the product.
Enter the SKU of the product or Accept the default SKU because Magento takes the product name as default SKU.
Set the product price.

Step4: Basic settings

Choose None or Taxable goods.
Set the quantity of the product.
Set the stock status, the default value is In Stock.
Set the product weight.
Allocate the specific categories to the product, choose the existing category or create the new one.
Select the country name.

Step5: Content

Add the short description, which is mainly for RSS feed or product page etc
Add the description that is displayed on the product page

Product attribute

Steps to Add Configuration

Add configuration is the important part of the configurable product.

Click on the Configurations and go to Create configurations.

Product Configuration

Step1: Select the attribute

The progress bar shows the process and guides you through each step.
Add a new attribute or select an attribute from the list

select the attributes

If you want to add a new attribute, click on the create a new attribute.
Complete the attribute details and click on the save attribute button.
You can select the created attribute from the checkbox.

Step2: Complete the attribute values

Select the value by clicking on the checkbox that you want to apply on the product.

Select color in magento 2 admin

After selection, click on the Next button.

Step3: Configure the image, price and quantity

3.1: Configure the Images

Method1: Apply a single image to all SKUs.

Click on the radio box and select apply single set images to all SKUs.
Browse the desired image for your product.

add product image in magento 2

Method2: Apply Unique images for each SKU

Click on the radio box and select, apply unique images by attribute to each SKU
Select the specific attribute and apply image for that.
You can upload a different image for each attribute, either you can browse to the image or drag to the box, click on the bin for delete the image.

select unique SKU

3.2: Configure Prices

Method1: Apply the same price for all SKUs

Click on the radio box and select, Apply single price to all SKUs.
set a specific price.

apply unique price

Method2: Apply a unique price for each SKUs

Click on the radio box and select, Apply unique by attribute to each SKU.
Select a specific attribute from the dropdown and set a specific price.

3.3: Configure the Quantity

Method1: Apply the same quantity for all SKUs

Click on the radio box and select, Apply a single quantity to each SKU.
Set a specific quantity for the product.

Method2: Apply unique quantity for each SKUs

Click on the radio box and select, Apply unique quantity by attribute to each SKU
Set the specific quantity.

Click on the Next in the upper right corner to continue.

3.4: Generate the Product

After completing all details, click on the Generate Product to add product.
If you want to edit some details then click on Back.

Step4: Summary

Here is the product you are about to create.

Step5: Publish Product

To publish the product click on the Save button and choose Save & Close.
On the admin sidebar, click on the product and here you can check your new configurable product and its variations in the grid at the top of the list.

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