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How to Add Associated Products

This option specifies how items of grouped products will be processed. It has three options:

Only parent / No sub-items
No parent product / Only sub-items Both types - parent and sub-items

In order for this option to work, grouped type has to be selected under the Submit only products of these types under the Product Filters section, regardless of the option you choose here

Allow Out of Stock

This option can filter out sub-items that are out of stock, regardless of what's been set under Allow Out of Stock setting from Product Filters section.

Price Type

Defines how the price of the grouped product will be computed. It can be:

Minimal price
Sum of associated product prices

Minimal price is the lowest associated product price. Sum of associated products prices is the default quantity of each associated product multiplied with the price of the associated product and then summed together.

Fetch Description From

Tells where to grab description of associated items when they are included in the feed. Has the following options:

Parent only
Associated only
Associated if exists, otherwise from parent
Parent if exists, otherwise from associated

The recommended option Associated if exists, otherwise from parent should cover most cases of grouped product setup.

Fetch URL from

This allows you to dictate which URL to present to associated item, depending on its status in the catalog. Has the following options:

Parent only
Associated if visible in catalog, otherwise from parent

In most cases grabbing the parent URL is enough, but when the associated items are also visible in catalog on their own it's probably best to use their own URL so that the appropriate product information is displayed on the page when accessed.

Fetch Image From

Tells what images should be used when associated items are included in the feed. Has the following options:

Parent only
Associated only
Associated if exists, otherwise from parent
Parent if exists, otherwise from associated

Most of the times the images are set directly to the grouped item itself, but sometimes when you want to feature out some variant characteristics, you would set individual images on the sub-items

Unique URLs for Associated Products Not Visible

Activating this option will append extra parameters to the URL, making it unique and indicating the product we want to point out.
Ex: http://example.com/grouped.html?prod_id=123

When accessing this kind of URL, there's a special JavaScript logic on products page automatically selecting drop-downs or radio buttons to reveal the intended product details: image, price, etc.