How to Edit a Variant

How to Open the Variant Editor Menu

  1. Click on “Variants” under “Management”.
  2. Click on the three-dot icon next to the variant that you wish to edit.
  3. Select “Edit variant”.
  4. There, you can edit the variant’s name, color, and description.
  5. Click “Save” when you’re done.
  1. Navigate to the work instruction with a variant that you would like to unlink from.
  2. Click on the “Variants” tab.
  3. Click on the three-dot icon.
  4. Select “Unlink variant”.
  5. Click “Unlink” to confirm.

How to Delete a Variant

After a variant has been unlinked from all work instructions and no more instruction steps are linked to this variant, it is possible to remove this variant. Removing an existing variant can be done in the following way:

  1. Go to “Management” in the homepage sidebar and click “Variants”.
  2. Click the three-dot icon next to the variant that you wish to delete. Make sure that there’s no link icon next to it.
  3. Click “Delete variant”.
  4. Click “Remove”.

How to Change the Order of a Variant

  1. Navigate to the work instruction with the targeted variant.
  2. Click on the “variants” tab.
  3. Hover your cursor over the variant you wish to move, and click the “move” icon.
  4. Click, hold, and drag the variant to the desired place, and drop to move.

User interface screenshot of a variant management system displaying assembly steps with checkboxes for different product variants. A tooltip highlights the 'move icon' used to rearrange a variant, specifically for 'plug-type-c'. The interface includes filtering options, error indicators, and a structured task list.

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