--- title: Import template for product variants description: To create variations of a product with the import template, ensure you have existing variation types. --- [Skip to content](https://support.geins.io/import-template-for-product-variants#main-content) [![Geins-Black (1)](https://support.geins.io/hubfs/Geins-Black%20(1).svg)](https://support.geins.io/?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Geins Knowledge base](https://support.geins.io/?hsLang=en) 2. [Import tool](https://support.geins.io/import-tool?hsLang=en) 3. [Import templates](https://support.geins.io/import-tool?hsLang=en#import-templates) # Import template for product variants   To create variants of a product with the import template, ensure you have existing variant types configured. 1. Go to the **Import Tool** in the menu and click **New**. 2. In the **Template Type** dropdown, select **Variant**. 3. Click **Download File Template** to get the import template. Use the template to create or change variants and upload your file to apply the changes. ![import - variants-1](https://support.geins.io/hs-fs/hubfs/import%20-%20variants-1.jpg?width=677&height=372&name=import%20-%20variants-1.jpg) Below follows a description of existing columns.  *(There's also a short description in Merchant Center under View template description) * | ProductId | Id of the product | | --- | --- | | GroupKey | Uniq identifier for the group. Can be anything, text or numbers. Products with the same key will be connected to the same variant group. A product can only be a part of one group. If a product already existt in a group and you specify a different key in an import, the product will be removed from the first group. *Located under group settings in the variants tab i Merchant Center on existing groups. * | | Dimensions | The name of variation dimension. A comma-separated list of the dimensions th be used for the variant group (example: ***color***, ***material***) *Only matches existing dimensions in a variant group. Can not be used to add additional dimensions to an existing group.* *All dimensions in the variants group needs to be specified* | | Values | Variant dimension values. A comma-separated list of the dimension values that should be used for this variant. *Must be in the same order as the dimensions.* (example: ***red***, ***wood***) | | Collapsed | Value: True / False **True**: Variation group will be set as collapsed if **True i**s applied as value on any product in the group. **False**: False will remove collapsed state and all products in the variations group will show in product lists. *Requires value in GroupKey. * | | MainProduct | Value: True Will set the product as main product if group set as collapsed. 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