Deleting a Child Variation from a Parent

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@TJB

Number one thing I learned was to make your parent (dummy) sku first before trying to add any children and always name it something specific so you know what it is immediately. If it’s mouthwash, call it mouthwash parent sku. Then go back in and add children to one parent at a time. You can see what issues if any with each processing sheet and correct as required per each individual parent instead of having to go back through all the parents to find issues. It’s more time consuming creating the variations but can save you a lot of time trying to fix mistakes on multiple parents.

YES! I started doing it by parent after creating the dummy listing (so like 10 at a time)…and then got brave…and did the rest of the catalog.

Probably caused the children to be assigned the wrong parent that way…

The troubleshooting of HOW to remove a child from a parent because SUPPOSEDLY there are several ways… ugh…took time. Do it one way and wait overnight only to see that it didn’t work.

The other thing I found frustrating was that the yellow box that indicated an error in the product ID Feed column had a popup screen to explain the error and I had to leave that up…WRITE it down…and then figure it out. There was no “leaving it visible” that I could figure not even to get a screenshot to ask for a translation. The summary sheet didn’t always tell me what column I needed to focus on OR the spreadsheet didn’t highlight the cell in the column. My only clue was in the disappearing pop up. Soon, (beyond brand) I realized it was in specific columns that I usually had the error…So I wrote that down and that made it easier. Like wrong style… by the time I scroll over to column BW I forgot what they said HAD to be in there. Antique, Vintage, Victorian, Traditional, Classic? I don’t care…but if it didn’t match, then it was a no-go. And what’s the darn difference between “Polyester” and “Polyester & Polyester Blend”???