---
title: description
framework: advancedcommerceapi
role: symbol
role_heading: Type
path: advancedcommerceapi/description
---

# description

A string you provide that describes a SKU.

## Declaration

```data
string description
```

## Discussion

Discussion You provide a description of a SKU when you create or modify a purchase transaction. You can use this description for your own purpose; it isn’t displayed to customers or used for any purpose by the API. important: Don’t include any personal customer information in the description.

## See Also

### Data types

- [currency](advancedcommerceapi/currency.md)
- [dependentSKU](advancedcommerceapi/dependentsku.md)
- [displayName](advancedcommerceapi/displayname.md)
- [effective](advancedcommerceapi/effective.md)
- [period](advancedcommerceapi/period.md)
- [price](advancedcommerceapi/price.md)
- [proratedPrice](advancedcommerceapi/proratedprice.md)
- [retainBillingCycle](advancedcommerceapi/retainbillingcycle.md)
- [refundAmount](advancedcommerceapi/refundamount.md)
- [refundReason](advancedcommerceapi/refundreason.md)
- [refundRiskingPreference](advancedcommerceapi/refundriskingpreference.md)
- [SKU](advancedcommerceapi/sku.md)
- [storefront](advancedcommerceapi/storefront.md)
- [taxCode](advancedcommerceapi/taxcode.md)
- [targetProductId](advancedcommerceapi/targetproductid.md)