# Variants tree
Let's assume you have product with these product attribute values:
* Size: *M*, *L*
* Color: *yellow*, *red*
* Material: *cotton*, *silk*
If all these product attribute values were used for generating product variants, then you would end up with 8 different combinations of product attribute values.
Choice of options drop-down menu with product variants
Variants tree property helps you narrowing down the options for customer to get to the desired product variant with chosen product attribute values. Example use-case would be to show selected boxes to customer.
It doesn't matter which product attribute you will use as first, because there are all in the first dimension of the array. Then, if you go deeper, you will get the remaining attribute values to further narrowing down the product variant selection until you end up with exactly filtered product variant. Verify that the end node of the variants tree includes the `uuid` and `slug` keys.
Structure of the variants tree:
```
$productAttributeName1 => [
$productAttributeValueName1 => [
$productAttributeName2 => [
...
]
]
]
```
A real-word example of a variant tree
```json
"variants_tree": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "e62ea1a0-5aaf-4c5c-b3c9-b454543c5287",
"slug": "s-yellow-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "4707f9bc-5a99-4ed3-b542-ef0324701057",
"slug": "s-yellow-silk"
}
}
},
"red": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "dd168086-1262-4627-a7e6-787c77aa4eb3",
"slug": "s-red-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "c7ce66ff-8ee4-44fe-b553-617ce5e1aa0e",
"slug": "s-red-silk"
}
}
}
},
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "e62ea1a0-5aaf-4c5c-b3c9-b454543c5287",
"slug": "s-yellow-cotton"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "dd168086-1262-4627-a7e6-787c77aa4eb3",
"slug": "s-red-cotton"
}
}
},
"silk": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "4707f9bc-5a99-4ed3-b542-ef0324701057",
"slug": "s-yellow-silk"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "c7ce66ff-8ee4-44fe-b553-617ce5e1aa0e",
"slug": "s-red-silk"
}
}
}
}
},
"M": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "32977208-4d5e-4feb-8da0-5b85193fe782",
"slug": "m-yellow-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "b09c4361-10da-4591-9221-81e9af52a389",
"slug": "m-yellow-silk"
}
}
},
"red": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "bdca942a-a7c8-47a0-842a-161adeb69e71",
"slug": "m-red-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "049c002d-ec84-4991-bf4b-5488637150dd",
"slug": "m-red-silk"
}
}
}
},
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "32977208-4d5e-4feb-8da0-5b85193fe782",
"slug": "m-yellow-cotton"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "bdca942a-a7c8-47a0-842a-161adeb69e71",
"slug": "m-red-cotton"
}
}
},
"silk": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "b09c4361-10da-4591-9221-81e9af52a389",
"slug": "m-yellow-silk"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "049c002d-ec84-4991-bf4b-5488637150dd",
"slug": "m-red-silk"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "e62ea1a0-5aaf-4c5c-b3c9-b454543c5287",
"slug": "s-yellow-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "4707f9bc-5a99-4ed3-b542-ef0324701057",
"slug": "s-yellow-silk"
}
}
},
"M": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "32977208-4d5e-4feb-8da0-5b85193fe782",
"slug": "m-yellow-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "b09c4361-10da-4591-9221-81e9af52a389",
"slug": "m-yellow-silk"
}
}
}
},
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "e62ea1a0-5aaf-4c5c-b3c9-b454543c5287",
"slug": "s-yellow-cotton"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "32977208-4d5e-4feb-8da0-5b85193fe782",
"slug": "m-yellow-cotton"
}
}
},
"silk": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "4707f9bc-5a99-4ed3-b542-ef0324701057",
"slug": "s-yellow-silk"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "b09c4361-10da-4591-9221-81e9af52a389",
"slug": "m-yellow-silk"
}
}
}
}
},
"red": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "dd168086-1262-4627-a7e6-787c77aa4eb3",
"slug": "s-red-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "c7ce66ff-8ee4-44fe-b553-617ce5e1aa0e",
"slug": "s-red-silk"
}
}
},
"M": {
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"uuid": "bdca942a-a7c8-47a0-842a-161adeb69e71",
"slug": "m-red-cotton"
},
"silk": {
"uuid": "049c002d-ec84-4991-bf4b-5488637150dd",
"slug": "m-red-silk"
}
}
}
},
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "dd168086-1262-4627-a7e6-787c77aa4eb3",
"slug": "s-red-cotton"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "bdca942a-a7c8-47a0-842a-161adeb69e71",
"slug": "m-red-cotton"
}
}
},
"silk": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "c7ce66ff-8ee4-44fe-b553-617ce5e1aa0e",
"slug": "s-red-silk"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "049c002d-ec84-4991-bf4b-5488637150dd",
"slug": "m-red-silk"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"Material": {
"cotton": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "e62ea1a0-5aaf-4c5c-b3c9-b454543c5287",
"slug": "s-yellow-cotton"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "dd168086-1262-4627-a7e6-787c77aa4eb3",
"slug": "s-red-cotton"
}
}
},
"M": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "32977208-4d5e-4feb-8da0-5b85193fe782",
"slug": "m-yellow-cotton"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "bdca942a-a7c8-47a0-842a-161adeb69e71",
"slug": "m-red-cotton"
}
}
}
},
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "e62ea1a0-5aaf-4c5c-b3c9-b454543c5287",
"slug": "s-yellow-cotton"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "32977208-4d5e-4feb-8da0-5b85193fe782",
"slug": "m-yellow-cotton"
}
}
},
"red": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "dd168086-1262-4627-a7e6-787c77aa4eb3",
"slug": "s-red-cotton"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "bdca942a-a7c8-47a0-842a-161adeb69e71",
"slug": "m-red-cotton"
}
}
}
}
},
"silk": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "4707f9bc-5a99-4ed3-b542-ef0324701057",
"slug": "s-yellow-silk"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "c7ce66ff-8ee4-44fe-b553-617ce5e1aa0e",
"slug": "s-red-silk"
}
}
},
"M": {
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"uuid": "b09c4361-10da-4591-9221-81e9af52a389",
"slug": "m-yellow-silk"
},
"red": {
"uuid": "049c002d-ec84-4991-bf4b-5488637150dd",
"slug": "m-red-silk"
}
}
}
},
"Color": {
"yellow": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "4707f9bc-5a99-4ed3-b542-ef0324701057",
"slug": "s-yellow-silk"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "b09c4361-10da-4591-9221-81e9af52a389",
"slug": "m-yellow-silk"
}
}
},
"red": {
"Size": {
"S": {
"uuid": "c7ce66ff-8ee4-44fe-b553-617ce5e1aa0e",
"slug": "s-red-silk"
},
"M": {
"uuid": "049c002d-ec84-4991-bf4b-5488637150dd",
"slug": "m-red-silk"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
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