How to Open the Variant Editor #
- Click on “Variants” under “Management”.
- Click on the three-dot icon next to the targeted variant.
Here’s what you can edit on the variant editor:
- The General tab, where you can edit a variant’s main attributes.
- The Properties tab, where you can manage a variant’s properties.
- Click to edit the variant’s color.
- Edit the variant’s name here.
- Edit the variant’s description here.
- When you’re done with your edits, click on “Save”. However, if you would like to cancel your edits, click on “Cancel”.
How to Unlink a Variant from a Work Instruction #
- Click on “Variants” under “Management”.
- Click on the link icon next to the targeted variant.
- Click on “Unlink” next to the targeted work instruction.
- Click on “Unlink” again.
Before unlinking a variant from a work instruction, make sure that there are no work instruction steps that is still linked to that variant. If not, you wouldn’t be able to unlink the variant from that particular work instruction.
Here’s how to unlink a variant from a work instruction step (on the video, we will untick the “Fill Weight: 10kg” variant from the “Carefully lower the wrapped washing machine into the 10kg box, ensuring it fits snugly” work instruction step).
- Click on the targeted work instruction.
- Untick the box where this variant is the only linked variant on that row.
Once you’ve unlinked the variant from the previously-linked work instructions step, you can do the steps listed in this guide section in order to unlink a variant from a work instruction.
How to Delete a Variant #
- Click on “Variants” under “Management”.
- Click on the three-dot icon next to the targeted variant.
- Click on “Delete variant”.
- Click on “Remove variant”.
Make sure that there are no work instructions that are still linked to the variant that you wish to delete. If there are, please check out this guide section to see how to unlink a variant from a work instruction.