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.