Title: Variations missing when adding an order from Back End
Last modified: May 31, 2017

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# Variations missing when adding an order from Back End

 *  Resolved [jon.sciabica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonsciabica/)
 * (@jonsciabica)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-missing-when-adding-an-order-from-back-end/)
 * We often create orders from the Back End of our WooCommerce site.
 * We used to be able to see the **Variation** when adding the product to an order,
   but now only the SKU is shown and the variation only shows up after it’s added.
   This makes it difficult and time-consuming to choose the correct size.
 * I think it started with WC 3.0.
 * 1) Anyone else rely on Variations when processing Back End orders?
 * 2) Any know of a trick to bring Variations back?
 * Here’s a video of the issue: [http://d.pr/v/HOfxbe](http://d.pr/v/HOfxbe)

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 *  [James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/volcommky/)
 * (@volcommky)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-missing-when-adding-an-order-from-back-end/#post-9185335)
 * This should help
    [Variable Product Information – Display Information on AJAX Product Search](https://woodev.us/useful/tips-tricks/variable-product-information-ajax-search/)
 *  Thread Starter [jon.sciabica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonsciabica/)
 * (@jonsciabica)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-missing-when-adding-an-order-from-back-end/#post-9185673)
 * Boom! Thank you @volcommy that fixed it!
 * Not sure how WooCommerce expects a company with many variations to use the Back
   End search.
 *  [James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/volcommky/)
 * (@volcommky)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-missing-when-adding-an-order-from-back-end/#post-9185989)
 * Possibly to go by Sku, but that – eh – could work to an extent, but remembering
   SKU’s isn’t ideal
 *  Thread Starter [jon.sciabica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonsciabica/)
 * (@jonsciabica)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-missing-when-adding-an-order-from-back-end/#post-9188146)
 * SKUs are often random numbers, just like a “customer number”, they have no inherent
   meaning.
 * You could incorporate the variation into the SKU, but I assume most haven’t done
   that. My SKUs are the same across 4 different platforms, so changing them is 
   not an option.

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 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-missing-when-adding-an-order-from-back-end/#post-9188146)
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