Create and Manage Item Options with Square
Item options help you create and organise your custom item variations. These options can be reused across your item library, saving time when you add new variations or items.
Options are a set of attributes you can apply to multiple variations in your Item Library. You can quickly create and organise item variations by combining options with just a couple of clicks from the item details page.
For example, let’s say you create two option sets: sizes and colours.
Sizes: Small, medium and large
Colours: Red, blue and green
If you create a new item, e.g. T-shirt, you can apply each option set to create new item variations (e.g. small, green or large, red).
Feature Terminology
Variations already exist in Square and define the unique varieties of an item. Each variation can have its own cost, price, SKU, etc. For example, a ‘T-shirt’ can have a Blue, Small variation or a Red, Large variation.
Option sets are attributes that define a variation. The combination of options and their values for an item form the variation. An example would be Size and Colour.
Options are values within the Option attribute. Examples include small, medium, and large.
Display names are optional names exposed to buyers on channels, such as a website or ordering app. This is helpful if you need four specific ways to communicate "size" (like Women’s Dress Sizes, T-shirt sizes, Baby Clothing and Shoe Sizes). Note: The names created for option sets must be unique, and two individual option sets can’t share the same name.
If you need to create many variations quickly – Size, Colour, Width – create item options. Options are applied to items and will create variations that can be sold.
Create and Edit Item Options on Square Dashboard
Create Item Options
From Items in your online Square Dashboard, click Options > Add options.
Enter Option set name and Display name.
Select Optionset type.
Enter option information and click Save.
Add an Option Set to an Item
From your Item library, select an item to open the Edit Item view.
Select Options and click Add Options.
Select an Option set name from a previously created list of Option Sets or create a new Option set.
Once you’ve chosen the appropriate Option sets, click Next.
Review the new variations created > click Create Variations to confirm the changes.
Click Save.
Delete Option Sets from an Item
From the Edit Item view, click the three dots next to the name of the Option set you would like to delete and click Remove Option Set.
Review the variations that need to be deleted and click Delete Variations to confirm
Click Save.
Convert Existing Variations to Options
Select an item you’d like to edit from the Item Library and click Add Options.
Select or create the appropriate Option Sets and click Next.
For each variation choose an Option that describes the variation and click Add.
Click Save.
Add a Variation to an Item
Select an item you’d like to edit from the Item Library and click Add Options.
Select or create the appropriate Option Sets and click Next.
For each variation choose an Option that describes the variation and click Add.
Click Save.
Remove an Option from an Item
From the Edit Item page, click Edit next to the option set name that has the option you’d like to remove.
From the Edit Option view, click the X next to the option you’d like to remove.
Click Done. Review changes on next screen and click Delete variation.
Click Save.
Create and Edit Item Options with the Square App
Create Item Options
Tap More > Items > All Items.
Tap an item.
Tap Add options.
Enter an Option set name and Display name.
Enter option Values and select Save.
Add an Option Set to an Item
Tap More > Items > All Items.
Tap an item.
Under Options, tap Add Options.
Select an Option set name from a previously created list of Option Sets or create a new Option set.
Once you’ve chosen the appropriate option sets, tap Next.
Review the new variations created and tap Create to confirm the changes.
Tap Save.
Delete Option Sets from an Item
Tap More > Items > All Items.
Tap an item.
From the Edit Item view, tap Edit Options.
Select an existing Option > Remove Option Set.
Review the variations that need to be deleted and tap Delete to confirm.
Tap Save.
Convert Existing Variations to Options
Tap More > Items > All Items.
Tap an item.
Select Add Options.
Select or create the appropriate Option Sets and tap Next.
For each variation, choose an option that describes the variation > Next > Done.
Tap Save.
Add a Variation to an Item
Tap More > Items > All Items.
Tap an item and tap Add Options.
Select or create the appropriate Option Sets and tap Next.
For each variation choose an Option that describes the variation and tap Next > Done.
Tap Save.