# Composition setting

> This article outlines best practices for setting up and managing composition settings in Vestis Labs to ensure accurate, consistent, and standardised material composition data across your…

Source: https://docs.vestislabs.com/settings/composition-setting/

## Composition – admin setup

This article outlines best practices for setting up and managing composition settings in Vestis Labs to ensure accurate, consistent, and standardised material composition data across your styles and items.

## Introduction & best practice

Composition settings in Vestis Labs allow you to define and control the components used to build material compositions—such as fibers, percentages, and material groups. Establishing composition elements—such as cotton, polyester, elastane, wool, or other custom materials—you create a structured foundation that improves data quality, supports regulatory documentation, and enhances collaboration among teams working with product specifications.

While composition settings are optional, configuring them is highly recommended to maintain data consistency, support scalable material management, and streamline workflows across product development.

**Where to find it:** Settings → Library → Composition

**Requires:** permission `VIEW_STYLE,VIEW_PRODUCT,UPDATE_PRODUCT`

## Step-by-step guide

## Create new composition

Navigate to **Settings** \> **Library**. Select **Composition.**

![The Composition list with the New button at the top right and a pencil and bin icon on each row](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/settings/assets/composition-setting/60-list.webp)

- Click the '+ **New**' button - a composition Page will show up.

![The Create Composition form with empty fields and the Create button](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/settings/assets/composition-setting/61-create.webp)

- **Name** - mandatory. Enter the composition name, for example Cotton or Polyester.
- **Description** - optional additional information related to the composition.
- Click **Create** to finish

![The Create Composition form filled in and ready to create](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/settings/assets/composition-setting/62-create-filled.webp)

## Edit composition

The created composition settings will be displayed and can be managed on the Composition Settings Page. The Composition Settings Page stores all information related to the composition elements configured in the Composition Settings section.

- To change the composition - Click on the '**pen**' icon on its row. The **Edit Composition** page opens
- Change the **Name** or **Description**
- Click **Update** to finish

![The Edit Composition form showing the current values and the Update button](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/settings/assets/composition-setting/63-edit.webp)

- Select the 'trash' icon (needs the delete product permission) and confirm in the **Delete Composition** window to **remove** the selected composition from Vestis Labs. This cannot be undone.

> [!TIP]
> Use the **Search by name or description...** field above the list to find a composition, and click the **Name** column header to sort.

![The Delete Composition confirmation asking to confirm before the item is removed](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/settings/assets/composition-setting/64-delete.webp)