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See which styles use a material

Use the Styles tab of a material to find every style that uses it, filter the list, and open a style to unlink the material.

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The Styles tab of a material lists every style that uses the material in its bill of materials. Use it to see where a material goes before you change its price, and to find the styles to unlink when you want to delete a material.

LibraryMaterials(open a material)Styles

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Before you start

  • The tab only exists for private materials. Public materials do not show it.
  • You need the permission to view styles on top of the permissions needed to open a material.

See the styles that use a material

  1. Open the material

    From the left sidebar, click Library, then Materials, and open the material.

    The Materials list with the material to open
  2. Click the "Styles" tab

    Click Styles in the tab row at the top of the material.

    The tab row of a material with the Styles tab selected
  3. Read the list

    Each style that uses the material is shown as a card, or as one row per colour in the table view.

    The Styles tab listing each style that uses the material as a card

If no style uses the material, the tab says "No styles found — No styles are using this material."

Cards and table

Use the two view buttons next to the filters to switch between cards and a table. The table has these columns:

ColumnWhat it shows
ThumbnailThe style picture.
Style NameThe name of the style. Click it to open the style.
CodeThe style code.
CollectionThe collection of the style.
StatusThe style status.
Material ColorThe colour of this material used in the style.
PositionWhere the colour is used on the style.
Usage Per StyleThe quantity of the colour used for one style, with its unit.

Narrow the list

  • Search by name or style code... finds styles by name or code.
  • Filter opens a stacked filter with Collection, Season, Category, Size Range, Color, Supplier, Status and Style Attributes. Selecting a Color keeps only the rows that use that colour of the material.
  • The sort chip orders the list by Name, Code, Date Created or Last Modified, Descending or Ascending. The default is Date Created, newest first.
  • Reset clears the search, the filters and the sort.

You cannot delete a material that is linked to a style. To free it:

  1. Open the style

    In the Styles tab, click the style name (table view) or the style card.

  2. Remove the material

    In the style's bill of materials, remove the material row. See Tech pack bill of materials.

  3. Delete the material

    Go back to Library → Materials and delete the material. See Material library page overview.

Note

Searching, filtering and sorting on this tab are applied to the list already loaded, so results update instantly.