Disable Sales Catalog Product Group Display

You can hide sales catalog product group hierarchy nodes in the runtime UI if you don't want users to see or select them.

By default, nodes of the product group hierarchy can be seen and selected by users in the product group list of values and in the browse view of the catalog.

After you set the option to hide product group hierarchy nodes in the runtime UI, the UI changes as follows:

In the opportunity Products table, when a user selects a the list of values to select a product group, product groups do not display.
In browse catalog view, the product groups display but cannot be selected.

For more information about creating and editing product groups, see the Creating the Sales Catalog: Getting Started topic.

Disable Group Nodes During Creation or Editing

You can hide a product group and its child product groups from displaying in the runtime UI by deselecting the Allow Selection check box while creating or editing the group in the product groups pages.

Here's how you hide a product group and its child product groups:

In Setup and Maintenance, go to:
- Offering: Sales
- Functional Area: Sales Catalog and Products
- Task: Manage Product Groups
If you're creating a product group, click the create icon and fill in the require fields. Be sure to deselect the Allow Selection check box.
If you're editing a product group, select the product group and lock it for editing.
Deselect the Allow Selection check box.
Click Save and Close.

Disable Groups Nodes

You also can configure the display of product group hierarchy nodes using Enforce product group selection option available in the Miscellaneous tab of the Product Group Usages page.

Here's how:

In Setup and Maintenance, go to:
- Offering: Sales
- Functional Area: Sales Catalog and Products
- Task: Manage Product Group Usage
Select the Base catalog in the upper portion of the page. (If your catalog uses a different usage, then select it.)

In the Details region of the page, the Product Groups tab shows the catalogs associated with the usage you have selected.
To have the settings apply to a particular product node (or catalog), optionally, in the Product Groups tab, select the product group before making the changes in the other tabs.
Click the Miscellaneous tab and modify the Enforce product group selection option.
- A setting of Yes means that the product groups are disabled in the product selection list of values and in the browse catalog view.
- A setting of No means that the product groups are not disabled.
Click Save and Close.