# 2022-11-25: CE - Product Variants

### Overview

The Product Variants feature allows Catalog Managers to define a product, based on a Product Template, that includes specific attributes and values, to allow the automatic generation of Product Variants from it. For example, a Product called a T-Shirt can be created that has the attributes Color (Red, Green) and Size (Small, Large). Once defined, the Emporix platform will automatically generate the Variants (Red/Small, Red/Large, Green/Small, Green/Large) from it. There is no limit to the number of variants that can be generated.

### New features

| Features                                                   | Benefits                                                                                                                                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Inherit Attributes and Values from a Product Template**  | Easy maintenance and management, decoupled from the Variants themselves.                                                                                              |
| **Inherit Values from the Variant Parent**                 | Only need to override the necessary values to minimize maintenance and set up times.                                                                                  |
| **Automatic generation of variants**                       | Simplified Catalog Management - No manual work needed, set up the template and watch as the system does the rest.                                                     |
| **Parent Variants are linked to Product Template Version** | Need to change the attributes or values? No Problem! Simply change the Template and link the new template to the Variant Parent - changes will be automatically made. |

### Fixes and improvements

None as these are new services.

### Known problems

No known problems at time of release.

### Documentation and links

* User Guide - [Products guide](/ce/core-commerce/product-user-guide.md)
* Developer Guide - [Product Service guide](/api-references/api-guides/products-labels-and-brands/product-service/product.md)
* API Reference - [Product Service](/api-references/api-guides/products-labels-and-brands/product-service.md)


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