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Product categories

Product categories create a hierarchical structure and a cascade of inherited features. The Product category tree can be built from scratch or with third-party product classifications.

Context

Product categories build the main structure to manage and classify Products.

Usage

Product categories are the main structural element to manage products and product information. The standard solution contains a root category. To build a classification, create child Product categories and assign Features to them. Features are inherited in cascade to child Product categories. When you place a product in a Product category, the inherited features from the cascade are added to the Products and can be edited as Product properties. For more information, see Feature inheritance key concept (partner login required).

Third-party product classifications

Third-party product classifications are a convenient and established way to create a product classification. If you import a classification system with the PIM connector, censhare creates the respective Product categories, Features and Feature items. The classification data from the third-party classification is stored in the assets that are created. For more information, see Standard product classification - Key concept.

Data model

Product categories form a hierarchical classification. The Product category hierarchy relation controls the inheritance of Features. Inherited Features are referenced in child Product categories and added to Products.

Specifications

Asset type ID / Workspace page resource key

product.category.

censhare:workspace.page.productCategory

Referenced in assets / ID

Product

Asset references / ID

Feature
Feature set

censhare:product.feature
censhare:product.feature-set

Parent assets / relations

Product category

user.product-category-hierarchy.

Child assets / relations

Product category

user.product-category-hierarchy.

Known issues

Product categories added twice in the Web Client

The same product category will be added twice instead of once if:

  • You have previously configured the Product hierarchies widget under the Classification tab to show Product categories.

  • You checked the asset out (the green pen next to the asset name is visible).

  • You added a product category from this widget using the Add relations button.

This small bug appears only if all of the above conditions are true. To avoid it, you should do one of the following:

  • Check-in the asset before adding categories OR

  • Instead of using the Add relations button on the Product hierarchies widget, use the Add categories button in the Product parent categories widget. The widget appears right above the Product hierarchies widget, also under the Classification tab. 

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