Update the product variation detail

To modify the variation detail, you must perform the following:

  1. Get an instance of the catalog manager.
    Get an instance of the CatalogManager object.
  2. Get the specified variation.
    Get an instance of the variation. For more information, see For developers: Query product variations.
  3. Get the specified attribute value.
    Get an instance of the attribute value. For more information, read For developers: Query values for a product attribute.
  4. Update the Variant property.
    To update the Variant property, perform the following:
    1. Create an instance of the AttributeValuePair class.
    2. Set its AttributeId property to the ID of the attribute that the specified value belongs to.
    3. Set the AttributeValueId to the ID of the specified attribute value.
    4. Create an instance of the JavaScriptSerializer class.
    5. Serialize the AttributeValuePair instance into a string.
    6. Set the Variant property of the variation to the serialized string.
  5. Update the variation detail.
    To update the variation detail, perform the following:
    1. Get the first item in the ProductDetailVariation collection of the ProductVariation instance.
    2. Update the ProductAttributeParent and the ProductAttributeValueParent properties.
  6. Save the changes.
    Save the changes to the catalog manager.
Here is a code example:


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