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Getting info about Product Configurator 

Clicking on About Product Configurator link displays general information about the module. This section gives 

you a basic idea of how the module works. It can be used for quick reference when you begin using X 

Configurator. We quote the whole text of this section here for your convenience: 

About Product Configurator 

Product configurator is a module for X Cart which allows you to create and sell combined products or 

systems that can consist of various components (like computer systems, home cinemas, air conditioning 

systems etc.), it can also be used for creating sets of products, for example, suits, skiing accessories, sets of 

golf clubs etc. to help a customer get a complete and functional set that is customized according to his 

preferences. When using a product configuration you can define of what components your combined product 

should consist, each component can be mandatory or optional. Besides, you can define specifications and 

requirements for each component to avoid incompatibility between some of the components.  

Configurator Steps and Slots  

Configurable product can be created through Product Configurator::Add Configurable Product menu so that it 

could appear in any category just as any other product. However, before this product can be added to 

shopping cart , a customer has to configure it   select from which components the product should be 

assembled. To set up a scenario for configuration process you need to use the Configuration Wizard. Using 

Manage Configuration Wizard menu you should create a number of steps, each step should have one or 

more slots for components. Let s suppose that you are going to sell custom configured computer systems, 

then for your configurable computer you can define the following steps: 

Step 1: Select Case and monitor: containing slots for Computer Case and Monitor 

Step 2: Select System configuration: containing slots for CPU, Motherboard, Memory units 

Step 3: Select Storage devices: containing slots for Hard Drive, CD/DVD Drives 

Step 4: Select Multimedia: containing slots for Video card, Sound card, Speakers  

The number of steps and slots in each step is unlimited so you can configure a scenario that is suitable for 

your composite products. You can define some slots as optional so that a customer could leave them blank.  

Product Types  

When the necessary steps and slots are created you should define what products can fit in each slot. For this 

purpose you should use Product Types. For each slot you can define which Product Types can fit in this slot. 

First you should plan what product types are necessary for your purposes and set up product types in Define 

Product Types menu.  

For example you can create a product type "LCD Monitors" to define that it will be used with Monitor slot for 

"Case and Monitor" step. Then you should go to Modify Product page for every model of the LCD monitors 

that you have in your shop and associate this product with "LCD Monitors" product type using Product 

Classification section on Modify Product page. Then go to slot configuration dialog and define a new slot 

configuration rule, in this rule specify "LCD Monitors" as the target product type for this slot.  

When a customer is selecting components for the slot only products that can fit in this slot will be available for 

selection.  

Product Specifications  

Each product type can have a list of specifications. Specifications are used in product configurator to avoid 

incompatible components in a configurable product. For each product type you can create a list of 

specifications and when assigning a product to some product type you can define what specifications from 

the list are attributable to this product. You can also define products of what product types and with what 

specifications are required for this product. To define product specifications and product requirements please 

go to Product Classification section on Modify Product page.  

For example, you can create Product type Speakers and a speaker of model X that has only digital 5.1 input 

so it needs a sound card with digital 5.1 output, otherwise this component will not work. In product type 

"Sound Cards" you can create the following possible specifications: Stereo Analog output, Analog 5.1 output, 

Digital 5.1 output. If sound card supports Digital 5.1 output you should select this specification from the list on 

the Product Classification section on Modify Product page for this sound card. Now you should specify in the 

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