# Variants
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Creation of variants is available only in the Create mode, when you import new products.
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To group multiple variants into a single product, you need to configure at least two fields:
1. **Variant Group** - a field that has the same value for all variants of a specific product, usually the product name, parent SKU, or parent ID
2. **Variant Option** - a property that distinguishes variants, e.g. color, size, material
If your products have more than one feature that determine variants, you can add more variant options.
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In XML format, if variants are already nested within a product element, you can specify a [Variant Element](https://help.stockeo.solvenium.com/format/xml#variant-element) instead of Variant Group.
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#### Example
Assume you want to import a CSV file with the following columns:
* sku
* name
* color
* size
* price
| sku | name | color | size | price |
| ---- | ------- | ----- | ---- | ----- |
| TSRS | T-Shirt | Red | S | 25.00 |
| TSRM | T-Shirt | Red | M | 25.00 |
| TSRL | T-Shirt | Red | L | 25.00 |
| TSGS | T-Shirt | Green | S | 25.00 |
| TSGM | T-Shirt | Green | M | 25.00 |
| TSGL | T-Shirt | Green | L | 25.00 |
| HDBS | Hoodie | Blue | S | 55.00 |
| HDBM | Hoodie | Blue | M | 55.00 |
| HDBL | Hoodie | Blue | L | 55.00 |
To import these items as products with variants, you need the following mapping:
* Title: name
* SKU: sku
* Variant Group: name
* Variant Option 1
* Name: Color
* Value: color
* Variant Option 2
* Name: Size
* Value: size
* Price: price
CSV data mapping to import variants with color and size options
Running the automation on the example CSV file will create 2 products:
* T-Shirt (6 variants)
* Red / S
* Red / M
* Red / L
* Green / S
* Green / M
* Green / L
* Hoodie (3 variants)
* Green / S
* Green / M
* Green / L
