Variations Release Notes - 1.7.2026081428.303403

Added

Shortcut Buttons on the Variations Setup Page

• "Worksheet Batches" opens the Variations Worksheet Batch Names list.
• "Templates" opens the Variations Templates list.
• Both lists remain reachable as before through the lookup on the Batch Name and Template Code fields. These buttons are an additional shortcut.

Updated

Dependency Requirements

• This release requires Suite Engine Common Base 2.12.0.0 or later. Older environments must update it first.

Page Names Simplified/Unified

• "Item Variations" is now "Variations"
• "Item Variation Templates" is now "Variations Templates"
• "Item Variation Worksheet" is now "Variations Worksheet" (page, underlying table, and the matching setup action)
• "Item Variation Worksheet Batch Names" is now "Variations Worksheet Batch Names"
• "Item Variation Options" is now "Variations Options"
• "Item Variation Option Card" is now "Item Variation Option"
• Users searching for "Item Variation..." will need to search for "Variations..." instead. Saved links, bookmarks, and internal documentation should be updated.
• These are display name changes only. Customizations, extensions, and integrations referencing these pages continue to work without modification.

Ribbon Actions Promoted on the Item Variations Card

• "Create SKUs" and "Explode SKUs" are now on the ribbon in a Process group, rather than only inside the Actions menu.

Automatic Unit of Measure on SKU Creation

• When SKUs are generated, SKU Unit of Measure is filled automatically from the item's Base Unit of Measure.
• On the Variations Worksheet, entering a SKU Item No. fills a blank SKU UOM from that item's Base Unit of Measure. An existing value is never overwritten.
• If the item has no Base Unit of Measure, or does not exist, the field is left blank and no error is raised.
• The SKU UOM column is now in the default worksheet view instead of appearing only when additional fields are shown.
• This applies to newly created records only. Rows created before this version keep whatever unit of measure they had, including blank. There is no retroactive update.

Relaxed Validation on Create Item Variation

• Brand Item Attribute Name is no longer required. The report previously refused to run when it was blank.
• Common Item Attribute Name is now required only when the SKU Explode Method is "Items". For every other explode method it can be left blank.

Option Values Easier to Reach on the Item Variation Option Page

• The list of option values now sits directly on the page as its own section, instead of being tucked inside a collapsible group that had to be expanded first.
• The values themselves, and how they are entered and edited, are unchanged. Only the placement on the page is different.

Field Help Text Tidied

• Field help text standardized so wording is consistent wherever a field appears.
• Fields that previously showed no help text at all now have it. This covers Item No. on variation option values and SKUs, Batch Name on worksheet lines, Template Code on template option values, the Variations Setup primary key, and the "Created from Item Variation No." field added to the item record.
• A number of tooltip wordings and punctuation errors were corrected.

Notice for Partners: One Extension Point now has a Retirement Date

• The integration event named OnBeforeCreateItemVariationFromSetup, published by the Create Item Variation report, was already flagged as superseded in earlier versions but carried no removal date. This release sets one, and the code is now structured so the event can be dropped in a future build.
• It still fires in this version, so nothing breaks today.
• Any extension that subscribes to it should move to the event of the same name on the Item Variation table instead. The replacement takes the same information and behaves the same way.
• This affects custom and partner extensions only. Standard installations are unaffected.

Fixed

Option Value Length Error Messages

• The message shown when an option value key segment is too short had displayed "cannnot". It now reads "cannot". This affected both item variation options and template options.

Delete Processed Lines Action Caption

• The worksheet action caption displayed "Delete Processsed Lines". It now reads "Delete Processed Lines".

Processed Lines Counter Described the Wrong Thing

• On the Variations Worksheet, the tile that counts completed lines had help text saying it showed the number of unprocessed lines. The number shown was always the processed count, so the description contradicted the figure next to it. The text now matches what the tile actually reports.

Incomplete Help Text on Option Value Code

• The Value Code field on variation option values and template option values displayed a half-finished sentence, "List of available option values for the selected", which stopped mid-thought and never named what was being selected.
• It now reads "The unique value for this item option."

Swatch Delete Button Help Text

• The Delete button on the option value image swatch said it would "delete the record", which suggested it removed the option value itself. It only removes the image. The text now says so.