Title: combining variations
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# combining variations

 *  Resolved [htb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halinasplace/)
 * (@halinasplace)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-variations/)
 * I’m trying to combine variations to send to etsy but on the profiling section
   when I select the size attribute nothing comes up. And cannot add prefix,suffix
   etc. I can add them for other attributes but am having difficulty understanding
   what goes in the prefix and suffix value for my situation. The documentation 
   doesn’t give an example of the value in these fields? can you help?
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 *  Plugin Support [Krishna W – DPL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krishna75/)
 * (@krishna75)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-variations/#post-18839646)
 * Hi there,
 * Thank you for contacting us regarding the difficulties you are facing.
 * The prefix and suffix help you differentiate or add an identifier to your variation
   fields such as color, size, etc.
 * For example, if you have selected three different variation attributes for the
   variation profiling, you will see a combined value such as **ColorSizeType**,
   and the option values would appear as: **ColorValue-SizeValue-TypeValue**.
 * If your color values are _red_ and _blue_, size values are _two_ and _four_, 
   and type values are _sneaker_ and _boot_, and you set the prefixes as:
 * 1. for color
   2. for size3. for type
 * Then the exported variations would look something like:
   **1.red-2.four-3.sneaker**
 * This format would apply to all other possible combinations as well.
 * As for the suffix, it works the same way, but the identifier appears at the end,
   for example:
   **red1.-four2.-sneaker3.**
 * I hope this clears things up. If you have any further questions, please let us
   know, we’re here to help.
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [htb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halinasplace/)
 * (@halinasplace)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-variations/#post-18840024)
 * ok – but on the profiling section when I select the size attribute nothing comes
   up. And cannot add prefix,suffix etc. I can add them for other attributes but
   not for size is this a bug or the way it works?
 *  Thread Starter [htb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halinasplace/)
 * (@halinasplace)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-variations/#post-18842787)
 * I figured it out, it wasn’t working properly because it didn’t like the brackets
   in size (cm). When I used just size it allowed me to add the attributes required.
 *  Plugin Support [Pratik K – DPL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pratik3000/)
 * (@pratik3000)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-variations/#post-18843010)
 * Hi there,
 * Thank you for the update and for sharing what you discovered.
 * You are correct. Special characters such as brackets in attribute names (for 
   example, “Size (cm)”) can prevent the attribute from being properly recognized
   in the variation profiling section. Renaming the attribute to a simpler format
   like “Size” usually resolves this behavior.
 * I’m glad to hear that you were able to identify the cause and get it working 
   on your end. Please feel free to reach out if you run into any other questions
   while setting up your variations for Etsy. We’ll be happy to assist.
 * Best regards,

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 * Last activity: [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-variations/#post-18843010)
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