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Over a sales season, it may happen that certain variants of products are no longer available and that you wish to hide or cancel them. You may also need to show products variants previously unpublished/canceled. LE NEW BLACK allows you to publish and unpublish product variants manually or in bulk using a csv file.

• Managing a product variant publication status manually
• Managing products variants' publication status in bulk
• Managing a product variant blocking manually
• Managing products variants blocking in bulk
  
  

Managing a product variant publication status manually

Once unpublished, a variant is no longer visible in the showroom and can no longer be ordered. Also, an unpublished variant will be removed from any Open orders (Open for buyer / Open for brand) when the product availability delta is applied. To manage a product variant publication status manually:

1. Go to the Collections > Products menu
   
   
2. Click on the relevant model
   
   
3. Go to the Variants tab
   
   
4. Set the Is available toggle setting to Yes or No
   
   
5. Click the Apply button
   
   

Managing a products variants publication status in bulk

Once unpublished, a variant is no longer visible in the showroom and can no longer be ordered. Also, an unpublished variant will be removed from any Open orders (Open for buyer / Open for brand) when the product availability delta is applied. To manage a product variant publication status in bulk:

1. Go to the Settings wheel > Integration
   
   
2. Click on Products (model/variant)
   
   
3. Download the sample file and fill it in, making sure that the following columns are completed:
   Name, Model, Collection, Category, Reference, Fabric name, Fabric code (if used) and Size family and Is available. Alternatively, you can export your product data by making a Products export as explained in this article. Before exporting the file, you may check the Is available box to have the corresponding column to fill in
   
   
4. Fill in the Is available column with the following values: 1 for Yes (publish the product, 0 for No (unpublish the product). If you are using a Products export, the Is available column indicates each product's publication status with either Yes or No at each line. You must replace these values, Yes by 1 and No by 0, otherwise the update will not be accurate and will unpublish all the variants when you integrate the file.
   
   
5. Integrate the file by dropping it into the grey box or by clicking on the Select file button. Please refer to step 7 of this article to find out more about updating product data
   
   

Managing products variant blocking manually

Once blocked, a variant is no longer visible in the showroom and can no longer be ordered. It is, however, retained in existing orders. To block a variant manually:

1. Go to the Collections > Products menu
   
   
2. Click the relevant model 
   
   
3. Go to the Variants tab
   
   
4. Set the Is blocked toggle setting to Yes or No
   
   
5. Click the Apply button
   
   

Managing products variants blocking in bulk

Once blocked, a product variant is no longer visible in the showroom and can no longer be ordered. However, it will remain in existing orders. To manage products variants blocking in bulk:

1. Go to the Settings wheel > Integration
   
   
2. Click on Products (model/variant)
   
   
3. Download the sample file and fill it in, making sure that the following columns are completed:
   Name, Model, Collection, Category, Reference, Fabric name, Fabric code (if used) and Size family and Is blocked. Alternatively, you can export your product data by making a Products export as explained in this article. Before exporting the file, you may check the Is blocked box to have the corresponding column to fill in
   
   
4. Fill in the Is blocked column with the following values: 1 for Yes (publish the product, 0 for No (unpublish the product). If you are using a Products export, the Is blocked column indicates each product's publication status with either Yes or No at each line. You must replace these values, Yes by 1 and No by 0, otherwise the update will not be accurate and will unpublish all the variants when you integrate the file.
   
   
5. Integrate the file by dropping it into the grey box or by clicking on the Select file button. Please refer to step 7 of this article to find out more about updating product data