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Overview: The Product Groups section in Analytics enables operations managers to structure menu items into organised families and subfamilies. This structure improves clarity in cataloguing products and provides a consistent framework for reporting and performance analysis.
Start from: The Analytics dashboard
Navigate to Configuration > Product Groups.
In the Product Groups screen, select a preferred language and a specific product type (e.g. Raw Materials, or Sale Items)
Manage families
Product families are the top-level categories that contain one or more subfamilies. Each family has a unique identifier.
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Create a Family
Select New under the Family table.
Assign a Name to the Family. You can also add the translations of the name here.
Select Accept. Your new Family will now appear in the table.
Edit a family
Select Edit in the Family’s row.
Change the name or translations as required.
Select Accept. The updated family will now appear on the list.
Delete a family
Select Delete in the Family’s row.
In the confirmation window, select Accept. The family will now disappear from the list.
Note: You can’t delete families that contain subfamilies.
Manage subfamilies
Subfamilies are subcategories within a family and cannot be shared across multiple families.
Create a Subfamily
Select New under the Subfamily table.
Assign a Name to the Subfamily. You can also add the translations of the name here.
From the Family dropdown, select the family to which this subfamily belongs.
Select Accept. Your new Subfamily will now appear in the table.
Edit a Subfamily
Select Edit in the Subfamily’s row.
Change the name or translations as required.
Select a new Family from the dropdown list if needed.
Select Accept. The updated subfamily will now appear on the list.
Delete a Subfamily
Select Delete in the subamily’s row.
In the confirmation window, select Accept. The subfamily will now disappear from the list.