AbleCommerce supports order (or product) options. You have three choices for how
to use the programs together:
Products in AbleCommerce without options that are imported into the Order Manager where you can build options and Sub SKUs; the Sub SKUs cannot be exported to AbleCommerce.
Products in AbleCommerce with options that are imported into the Order Manager which can recognize the parent SKU - Sub SKU relationship if the BuildSubSKUs system parameter (in the Order Options group) is enabled. In this case, inventory tracking at the attribute level is handled in the Order Manager. The parent SKU is stored at the website with a set of options but no Sub SKUs. Inventory tracking is not conducted in AbleCommerce at all.
Products in AbleCommerce with options with inventory tracking at the attribute level enabled; the parent SKUs and Sub SKUs are imported into the Order Manager which treats each SKU as a standalone parent SKU. The Order Manager does not build Sub SKUs in this case at all; it only tracks inventory at the parent SKU level.
For more information on order options and Sub SKUs, read Options, Attributes and Sub SKUs. For directions on how to build Sub SKUs in the Order Manager, see Build Sub SKUs.
For information on tracking inventory in the Order Manager, see Inventory Tracking. For directions on how to use real-time inventory tracking with AbleCommerce, see Real-time Inventory Tracking with AbleCommerce.
For information on how to use order options and track inventory in AbleCommerce, consult the program's help files.
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