Item Grouping Methods
There are several ways to group items in Commerce web stores-some methods have specific purposes, while others are more general. The table below explains all the available item grouping methods and shows how they're different.
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Grouping Methods |
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Item Collections |
Commerce Categories |
Merchandise Hierarchy Nodes |
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Main Purpose |
General purpose |
Web store navigation |
Reporting |
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Description |
Item collections are a general way to group items. Used by Personalized Catalog Views. For more information, see Personalized Catalog Views. |
Commerce Categories let you create a hierarchy of product categories, subcategories, and products for your web store's navigation. |
Merchandise Hierarchy Nodes help you organize your merchandise so you can run reports to spot market trends and analyze shopper behavior. |
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Web Store Availability? |
Available for use with:
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Available only for NetSuite web stores. |
Available for use with:
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Cardinality |
Many to many |
Many to many |
One to many A Merchandise Hierarchy node can have multiple items, but each item can only be in one node. |
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Member Definition |
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Static (manual selection) |
Static (manual selection) |
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Date Effectivity |
Does not support date effectivity. |
Supports date effectivity, that is, Start Date and End Date. |
Supports date effectivity, that is, Start Date and End Date. |
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More Information |
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There are other ways to group items in NetSuite, like item groups, kits and assemblies, and Site Builder-specific methods like Site Categories. For more information, see Groups, Assemblies, and Kit/Packages and Site Builder Tabs & Categories.