The following other options and fields are available on the Batch Process Sub-Products page.

• Product vs. Category Selection. Do you try to batch process sub-products for all Apparel Products in the store if you have hundreds of them. Creating sub-products is a time consuming and processor intensive task. Instead, do this on a category basis. Use the product selection if you need to update a specific Apparel Product.

• Batch Processing Settings. You can batch process sub-products in three ways. Sub-products are actual records in the Products table in your store database. When you create/update them, existing records (existing Sub-Products) may or may not be affected depending on the option you select.

o Add new sub-products

Existing records (if any) are left “as is”. Only new sub-products are added (if any). Use this option if you are creating sub-products for new Apparel products or if you added new options attributes to an Apparel product and need to create the corresponding Sub-Products.

o Update existing and add new sub-products

Existing records are updated with the new settings, and new sub-products are added (if any). Existing sub-products therefore will be affected. They will be updated based on the information entered on the page (e.g. new image name conventions) while new sub-products are added, if there are any.

o Re-create sub-products

Existing records are removed and are re-created. Technically speaking, this means that new records in the store database will be used from now on as Sub-Products for the selected Apparel Products. The existing records are “archived” (they are removed from the Control Panel and the storefront, but remain in the database).

• Stock Level. Enter a default stock level. You can then adjust it after sub-products have been created.

• Disregard Stock. If you are not tracking inventory on your sub-products, use this feature.

• Back-Order. If you want to allow customers to order product that are temporarily out of stock, enable Back-Ordering and indicate how soon you expect the products to be available again by entering a number in the Ship within N Days field.

Press the Generate Sub-Products button to start the process. ProductCart will create the Sub-Products and take you to a window that displays them all. You can then verify the field entries and manually edit any of them, if needed.