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# Create varieties in Business Central

> Variety is a tool that assists users in creating and associating different characteristics with items.

The most common characteristics, or variants, of items are **Color**, **Size**, **Waist**, and **Length**. There are also other variants that are specific to certain types of merchandise, for example **Label**, **Wash**, and **Fit** in regards to clothes.

NP Retail has a tool that can be used for defining the variants associated with various items. The stock is maintained per a combination of variants, and is sold in these particular combinations. The tool doesn't affect any calculation routines (e.g. finding sales prices/cost prices, posting routines etc.). Rather, it represents variants in a more structured way. It also allows users to apply all item variants to an item simultaneously.

The variety creation is performed in several administrative sections in a specific order. To create varieties, follow the provided steps.

1. Populate the fields in the **Variety Setup** administrative section by using the relevant [<ins>table</ins>](/product/retail-varieties-variety-setup-ref) as reference.
2. Set up varieties for items. This is done in three layers, starting from **Variety**:

   * [<ins>Variety</ins>](/product/retail-varieties-variety-ref)
   * [<ins>Variety Table</ins>](/product/retail-varieties-variety-table-ref)
   * [<ins>Variety Value</ins>](/product/retail-varieties-variety-values-ref)
3. Create a [<ins>combination of varieties</ins>](/product/retail-varieties-group-ref) that will later be assigned to items.
4. [<ins>Assign the created variety to an item</ins>](/product/retail-varieties-assign-variety) of your choice.