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Important

At this time, Item Variation Slotting is only available for Browse. We hope to release this feature for Search and Collections soon.

Item Variation Slotting allows merchandizers to pin or feature a specific item variation on a Browse category page. For example, rather than pin a certain shirt in the #1 slot of the “Shirts” category page, a merchandiser can pin that shirt in blue or in a size large in the #1 slot.

How can I use this?

When you slot an item by variation, you can get more granular with the items you promote or feature in a browse experience.

Here are some examples of how a retailer could use Item Variation Slotting:

• Display various sizes of a best-selling television
• Showcase personalized items like different letters for initial jewelry
• Create a row of blue sneakers followed by a row of red sneakers
• Feature matching holiday outfits for the whole family
• Promote the new flavor of a popular sparkling water drink
• Give better visibility to variations with high inventory levels and/or poor performance

Create an item variation slotting rule

To slot an item by a variation, you’ll need to enable variation slicing and then choose the item variation to slot.

What’s the difference?

• Variation slicing. Will expand items into their variations based on the attribute you specify (for example: color, pattern, material, size, etc.). This will only happen for products that have variations defined for the selected attribute.
  • For example, you sell a cashmere sweater. Normally, this item is one item in a result set. However, if you add a variation slicing rule with the attribute color, then you expand that item into multiple items in the result set, each for the different colors available.
• Variation slotting. Will allow you to choose the specific item variation you wish to slot.
  • Building off the example preceding, this would be choosing to slot the blue cashmere sweater in slot #2.

Step 1: Create a rule

1. Select Workspace in the side menu of your Constructor dashboard, then select Searchandising.
2. Select + Add New Rule in the top-right corner of the page.
3. On the pop-up, choose the product you wish to create the rule for. At this time, Item Variation Slotting is only available for Browse.
4. Select Category or Facet, then select Continue.
5. Choose the category (or facet) from the list provided, then select Continue in the bottom-right corner of the pop-up.
   • Note: Please only select one category or facet. Item Variation Slotting isn't available for campaigns at this time.

Step 2: Configure variation slicing

1. Select + Add Rules & Content on the left side of the page.
2. In the Recall section, select Variation Slicing.
3. You’ll see a list of various attributes that relate to the specific category or facet. Select your desired attribute, then select Add.

Step 3: Slot item variation

1. Select + Add Rules & Content on the left side of the page.
2. In the Rerank section, select Slotting.
3. On the left side of the page, locate the slot you wish to edit. Hover over + Add, then select + By Item.
4. Enter the item ID. A drop-down list will appear and display matching items as you type.
5. Locate the desired item and hover over it. A sub-menu will appear, allowing you to select the item variation to slot.
6. Select Add in the bottom-left corner of the page.
7. You can slot additional item variations if you wish. When you are done, select Save Rules in the top-right corner of the page to save the rule.

How editing or deleting the variation slicing rule impacts slotted items

In order to slot an item variation, you must have the variation slicing rule set to a desired attribute.

If you change the variation slicing attribute or delete this rule, you will be notified of the slotted item variation rules the change will impact.

Editing the variation slicing rule

If you choose to edit the existing variation slicing attribute, you will be notified of the impacted slotting rules. You can choose to quit your action (No) or proceed.

If you decide to edit the attribute, then you will need to decide whether to re-slot any existing slotted items by the newly defined slicing attribute.

For example, say you changed the variation slicing rule for your “Sweaters” browse category from color to neckline. You still want the Cashmere Sweater in the number one slot, so you will need to decide which neckline variation—v-neck, crew, mock turtle, etc.—to slot.

If you do not wish to re-slot a product, you will need to remove it from the slot before you can save the rule.

Deleting the variation slicing rule

If you choose to delete the variation slicing rule, you will be notified of the impacted slotting rules. You can choose to quit your action (No) or proceed. If you decide to proceed, the slotted rules listed will also be deleted meaning those items will no longer be slotted.