Auto Generate Variant Code | Deal POS Help Center

You might want to input the variant code when you want to create or add products. But it will take a long time when you have a large amount of product data. You can follow the steps below to see how to make the DealPOS system generate Product Code/SKU/Stock Keeping Unit automatically.

Step 1. Go to Setup, Click More Menu, then Choose Module

Step 2. Go to Product Tab, then Set Product Code Generator

Notes :

If you choose Disabled, you can't generate the code when you're adding a new product/variant (blank code).

Table Index for Product Code Generator :

Config	Description
Disabled	The variant code will be not created automatically if you're not inputting the variant code when adding new product data
Global	The product code will automatically generate the following pre-existing code in sequence number incrementally
Category	Product code will automatically generate the following code by category
Append	Variant name *appends to product code. if the product code is blank, the variant code will be blank**
Code Required	If set to Yes, the newly added product must have code to be saved
Digit	Set number of variant code digit that will be generated automatically

Table of Content :

I. Disabled

II. Global

III. Category

IV. Append

I. Disabled

Disable : The variant's code will not automatically be generated when adding a new product.

If you choose Disabled, the variant code will be not created automatically if you're not inputting the variant code when adding new product data.

Step 1. Create New Product

Step 2. Save Product without Code

Step 3. Search New Product to Check Variant Code

The product will not have a variant code.

II. Global

Global : The product will automatically generate code globally in the product.

If you choose Global, the product code will automatically generate the following pre-existing code in sequence number incrementally

Step 1. Create New Product

Step 2. Save Product without Code

Step 3. Search New Product to Check Variant Code

The product will have the auto-generated variant code.

III. Category

Category : The product will automatically generate code by It category (Bottom, Top, Accessories, etc)

If you choose Category, The product code will automatically generate the following code by category

Step 1. Go to Product, Select Tab Category

Right click on any category, add SKU Prefix and click save.

We create an SKU prefix for the Accessories categories, so when a product is created with that category, the SKU from that product will be generated with the prefix and started from the SKU seed from that category.