Cloning
If you are manually creating products in the PIM and working with similar products that differ only in a few elements, you can save time and boost efficiency by cloning an existing product. This allows much of the product data to be automatically populated.
Even if you're copying and pasting most of the information from an external source, using the cloning feature can still be a significant time-saver when adding new products to the PIM.
Pre-Requisites
- Assumes you have full knowledge of how to create and enrich a product manually inside the PIM.
What information is carried over when cloning?
- Assets
- Attribute Assignments (sets or individual attributes, not values)
- Brand
- Categories
- Description (short and long)
- Featured Status
- SEO Data
- Shipping Notes
- Shipping Weights/Dims
- Tags
- Visibility Status
- Warranty Info
- Workflow State
What information is not carried over?
- Channel Status
- Published Status
- Pricing
- Attribute Values
- SKU
- Relations
- Barcodes
- Inventory
How Do I Clone A Product?
First make sure that all the information you wish to carry over is populated on the product you wish to clone. Next from the sidebar, click Clone. The default name is "Copy of xx", where xx is the name of the current product. Make any alterations you wish to the name and click Create Clone.
You will then be taken to the new product and can finish the enrichment process.
Note: Cloned products are intended to function as separate products within the PIM and on your publication channels. If you are looking to create a parent child relationship where groups of similar items display on a single product page with pivotable choices tied to SKUs read this article on Understanding Options and Parent Child Products.