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SKU groups

SKU groups organize your catalog at /principal/sku-groups in the Principal Catalog section. There are two kinds: Primary SKU Groups, which define a product hierarchy with attributes (every SKU belongs to exactly one), and Standard groups, which are flat lists for cross-cutting purposes like assortments or planning.
Your organization may use different names for SKU groups. Administrators can rename catalog terms in Settings → Terminology. See Terminology.

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Groups list

The list page splits groups into two tabs, each with a count: Primary SKU Groups and Standard. Both show Name and Description plus a member count; the primary tab adds hierarchy columns (such as Category and Subcategory, when enabled) and an attribute count.
  • Search by name or description, and filter with the Planning groups chip to find groups that carry demand aggregation.
  • Click New sku group to create a group.
  • Each row’s menu offers View details, Edit, Duplicate (standard groups only), and Delete. Deletion asks for confirmation and can fail if a policy still references the group.

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Creating a group

In the create dialog, choose the Type — Standard or Primary SKU Group — then enter a Name and optional Description. Primary SKU Groups define a product hierarchy with attributes; Standard groups are flat lists. The type cannot be changed after creation. Primary groups can also be classified against your hierarchy levels.

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Group detail page

A group’s detail page shows its name, description, and tabs for Members, Inventory, Purchasing, Production, Storage, and Policies. Header actions depend on the group type:
  • Edit — always available with write access.
  • Duplicate — standard groups only.
  • Bulk Create SKUs — primary groups only.
Primary groups also show a Hierarchy card for classification metadata.

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Members grid

The Members tab lists the group’s SKUs with Code, Name, and the date each was Added. Names are editable inline with batched saves. Click a row to open that SKU’s detail page.

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Selecting and bulk actions

With write access, each row has a checkbox for multi-select. Selecting rows shows a selection bar with the count, a Clear link, and two bulk actions:
  • Move to… — move the selected SKUs to another group. The list offers only groups of the same type: standard-to-standard moves change secondary membership, while primary-to-primary moves re-point each SKU’s single primary group.
  • Remove — remove the selected SKUs from the group. A confirmation dialog explains that this removes the membership only — the SKUs themselves are not deleted and can be re-added later.
Each row also has a menu with the same Move to… targets and a single-row Remove.

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Adding SKUs to a group

The add control differs by group type:
  • Standard groups — use the SKU picker to search by code or name, select several, and click Add. This adds secondary memberships without affecting each SKU’s primary group.
  • Primary groups — the control is labeled Move SKUs into this group, because each SKU has exactly one primary group: moving a SKU in removes it from its current primary group. Each search result shows which group the SKU currently belongs to, and the button reads Move N into the group name.

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Bulk Create SKUs wizard

On a primary group’s detail page, Bulk Create SKUs opens a five-step wizard that generates a SKU for every combination of selected attribute values:
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Attributes

For each attribute configured on the group, toggle the values to include. A running count shows how many SKUs will be generated (the product of your selections, for example 3 × 2).
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Codes

Review and edit the generated code, name, and type for every combination. Codes default to the attribute value codes joined with hyphens; names join the value names. An optional Code prefix with Apply rewrites all codes at once.
3

Preview

A read-only review of the SKUs about to be created.
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Confirm

Confirm and click Create N SKUs.
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Results

See created and failed counts. Failed rows can be edited and retried individually with Retry, or in bulk via Edit & Retry, which returns you to the Codes step.
If everything succeeds, the wizard closes automatically.

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Duplicating a group

For standard groups, Duplicate copies the group and all its members under a new name (pre-filled as the original name plus “(Copy)”). A Copy policies toggle also copies policies scoped directly to the group, rescoped onto the copy — this requires network write permission. Groups carrying a demand-aggregation policy can be duplicated only with Copy policies turned off, since the same SKUs can’t be aggregated in two groups.

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Policies tab

The Policies tab lists planning policies scoped to the group, grouped by domain, and lets you create new ones pre-scoped to it. Editing requires network write permission. Groups whose policies carry demand aggregation are badged as Planning group in the list and detail pages. Policies feed planning — see Supply planning.

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Best practices

Model each product as a primary group with attributes (Size, Color), and its variants as member SKUs. Use standard groups for everything else — assortments, launches, planning cohorts.
Generating variants from attribute combinations keeps codes and names consistent and creates the whole matrix in one pass, instead of hand-creating each SKU.
A SKU can only have one primary group. Use Move to… (or the move control on the destination group) so membership stays consistent — there is no way to add a second primary membership.
Group deletion fails if a policy still references it. Review the group’s Policies tab first and re-scope or remove policies before deleting.

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Troubleshooting

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Next Steps

Attributes

Define the attribute values the bulk-create wizard combines

SKUs

Manage the SKUs that belong to your groups

BOMs

Define production recipes for the SKUs in your groups

Supply planning

See how group-scoped policies shape the plan