Managing Representations

You can create, revise, promote representations in the representation table, and modify the attributes. The representation table shows you all the product representations associated with the assortment, and allows you to change the content of your representations all at once, and save time. It also helps you track the current status of your representations.

Required access roles: Author, Leader

This task shows you how to:

Create a Representation

You can create a representation for products without representations.

  1. Click the name of the assortment.
  2. Select the Representations tab.
    The Representations page appears. Products without representations are displayed in a table. You can create representations associated with the product.
  3. Select the product.
  4. Click Actions > Create Representation.

    The Create Representation slide-in panel appears.

    Field NameDescription
    TitleRepresentation name.
    DescriptionDescription content.
    NatureDifferent representation natures that you can choose from. For more information, see Nature of a Representation.
    PresentationPresentation of the representation. For more information, see Presentation.
    Insertion Insertion of the representation. For more information, see Insertion.
    Consumer Units Items count that consumers can buy. This value is used for the computation of product quantities.
    Package Identifier Identification of representations for products with multiple parts.
    WeightWeight of the product representation.
    Height Height of the product representation.
    Width Width of the product representation.
    DepthDepth of the product representation.
    Rep SourceSource of the representation. For more information, see Source of a Representation.
    ShapeShape of the representation. For more information, see About Representations.
    Max.Stacking Maximum items count that can be stocked in Store Studio.

  5. Click Done.

Revise a Representation

You can select one or all representations of the representation table to revise them. Revising a representation creates a new revision that allows you to modify the related content.

  1. Select several or all representations in the representation table of the assortment.
  2. Click Actions > Revise.
    A new revision is created for each selected representation. The revision count has increased (from 1 to 2 in this example), and the state of the representation changes.

The representations are revised.

Modify the Representation Attributes

You can modify representations by changing some or all attributes in the representation table: height, width, depth, representation source, shape, nature, presentation, insertion, and maximum stacking.

  1. Select the representations you want to update in the representation table.
  2. Click Enable Edit.
  3. Select the Mass Update box.
  4. In the list, click Shape to modify the shape.
  5. Select Soft Rounded Box.
  6. Click Apply to Selected to apply the new shape to the selected items.
    The content of the column changes.
  7. Click Save.

    The representations are updated in the representation table.

Open Pack Manager

You can open Pack Manager and generate 3D models of your representations quickly and all at once.

Required access roles: Author, Leader, Reader

Before you begin: You must have the "Search / Read" and "Modify" accesses to open and save any representation.
  1. Select all the representations you want to process in the representation table of the assortment.
  2. Click Actions > Pack Manager .
  3. Select one or more representations in the list.
  4. Click Launch Automatic Mode .
    The representations are automatically generated.
  5. Optional: Click Stop Automatic Mode to stop the Automatic Mode.

For more information, see Working with Pack Manager.

Promote Representations

You can promote the representations when they are finalized. When Pack Manager generates 3D models, you can promote representations so they can be used.

  1. In the representation table, select the representations you want to promote.
  2. Click Actions > Promote.
    The representations are promoted to their first published state.

Create Folded Representations from an Existing Representation

You can create several folded representations from an existing representation.

  1. View the Representations page of an Assortment.
  2. Select the representations whose folded representations are to be created.
  3. In the page toolbar, select Actions > Create Folded Representations.
    The Select the folding Types page appears.
  4. Select a folding type.
  5. Click Submit.

All folded representations are created.