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Posted on by Simon P. 137

Hi,

I have types of items that have two different Parent Category. Example, we sell Bar Stools models for Indoor and Outdoor and i want them to appear in both Parent Categories. How do you go about including this Bar Stool subcategory in the Indoor Parent Category? 
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Thank you, 

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  • Shankar GR Profile Picture
    Shankar GR 81 on at
    Items Category and Sub Category
    Hi,
     
     
     
    In the Procurement Category Hierarchy, subcategory names and codes cannot be identical. To create a subcategory, you must differentiate its code from its name. You can achieve this by adding a letter or number to the code.
     
     
    Thanks,
    Shankar 
  • Oleksiy Khoroshylov Profile Picture
    Oleksiy Khoroshylov 1,745 User Group Leader on at
    RE: Items Category and Sub Category

    Oh, in this case it has to be moved to Business Central forum.

  • Simon P. Profile Picture
    Simon P. 137 on at
    RE: Items Category and Sub Category

    We are using  D365 Business Central. Category hierarchy does not seem to be a thing in this version of D365?

    Here's a screenshot of the Item Categories page. 

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  • Oleksiy Khoroshylov Profile Picture
    Oleksiy Khoroshylov 1,745 User Group Leader on at
    RE: Items Category and Sub Category

    I don't think you can reuse categories. If Bar Stool subcategory has to exist under several parent categories you will have to create it separately under each parent category.

    You can assign item to several different categories (Outdoor/Bar stools, Indoor/Bar stools, etc.) if these categories belong to hierarchy with type "Retail channel navigation hierarchy" 

  • Allen Dejoux Profile Picture
    Allen Dejoux 2 on at
    RE: Items Category and Sub Category

    What version of D365 do you have? Also can you send a screenshot?

    What do you see when you navigate to Product Information Management>Setup>Categories and attributes>Category Hierarchies?

  • Simon P. Profile Picture
    Simon P. 137 on at
    RE: Items Category and Sub Category

    For an individual item I went through this route,

    Item Card-> Item Category Code-> Select - Item Categories

    Thank you,

  • Allen Dejoux Profile Picture
    Allen Dejoux 2 on at
    RE: Items Category and Sub Category

    Can you elaborate on where you are creating/viewing the categories and how you adding the items?

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