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You do not have that option, since that is what the feature is all about...

Sorry about the inconvenience, Nicolai

I just tested this with Adrian and there is a different issue that we're seeing. The Product Catalog Product page is always showing the default variant rather than the product itself. If we set the default variant to None, then it shows the information of the parent, otherwise it shows the information of the default variant.

We would like to control that rather than having it forced. Sometimes we want to follow the default variant but other times we want to use the info for the parent itself. 

In Settings > Ecommerce > Advanced > General it's possible to change the behavior of the List Page ("Show default variant in product list"). Could it also be configured for the details page (or set in the Product Catalog module)? 

Thanks,

Scott

Hi Scott

Using the index, you can better control this. With 9.4 we also have a concept of "Show in product list" feature that allows you to define exactly what to show in the list. Consider these products - some just products, some with one variant dimension, some with 2. Using the new show in product list checkbox together with an index, you can set checkboxes like below and that is exactly what is shown:

• Master 1 (X)
• Master 2 (X)
  • Color 1
  • Color 2
• Master (X)
  • Color 1 (X)
    • Size 1
    • Size 2
  • Color 2 (X)
    • Size 1
    • Size 2
• Master 4

You can even do this today using a custom field.

In the next 9.4 hotfix you will se a new field on the index that supports logic related to this feature combined with the Active flag. We are also adding some new UI to product edit where you can specify which variants/masters/languages that should have this flag set.

BR Nicolai

Hi Nicolai,

Those sound like impressive new features. It's nice to see that progress on variant functionality in the indexing. I'll check it out.

Thanks,

Scott