creating duplicates

[john harding]

I want to create a small new section populated by duplicates, and assumed I could do it by copying. I want the product numbers to be the same, for obvious reasons, and thought I could just type in 1! and that would make them duplicates. However, it won't let me type the ! (!) I would rather avoid the large task of editing a .csv file and then re-importing the whole darn thing. But I suppose there's no alternative...?

[Duncan Rounding]

You can select each product and then paste as duplicate then rather copy. The Product Refs will automatically become duplicates.

[john harding]

Thanks, David.

One curiosity is that that displays the 1! as part of the product reference, which didn't happen when I previously created duplicates in a spreadsheet. Not desperately important and, being philosophical, I suppose I could regard it as useful in that it will tell me which section people were rummaging in. If I cared. Seems a bit clunky, though, and odd that the two ways of creating duplicates produce different results.

[Duncan Rounding]

Duplicates are referenced with a duplicate number and then ! before the master product reference. The first duplicate will be 1!xxx, the send 2!xxx etc.

[Duncan Rounding]

...odd that the two ways of creating duplicates produce different results.

Copying a product requires another unique product reference and as such becomes another master product in it's own right.