Admin > Product Catalogue > Groups


The ODSNet product catalogue has 3 levels, see Main Menu: 

  • Type of Goods - Top Level
  • Groups - 2nd Level
  • Sub-groups - 3rd Level


Product Groups is the 2nd level in the product catalogue. 


The groups are automatically created from the Group name on the product record and part of the Product data. 


The Following Features are linked to a Group: 


Main Menu: The Groups linked to each Type of Goods are displayed in the main menu. The Main menu is created automatically when the Types, Groups and Sub Group are created. see Main Menu

At least one active product needs to be linked to a Group for the Group to be displayed in the Menu. 

If the Group is not displayed in the menu it could be that the products for the Group belong to a different visibily group than the current user. See Visibility Groups. 


Product Listing Page:  All products linked to a Group are displayed on the Group Listing page. At the Top of the Listing page is a boiler plate. 


Search Filter "Group" : The Group Search filter  is created automatically. See Group Filter Types


JSON search: The predictive search ( JSON) in the header search, can be configured to display a list of groups that match the entered text. 


Page URLs and SEO: The URL to a Group listing page is youircompany.com/groupname . 

E.g. if the group is lightbulbs , the URL will be yourcompany.com/lightbulbs



Add Language: See Multilingual


Edit or create a Group: 


There is normally no need to manually create Groups as the groups as automatically created by the API, or product data load via XL. It is possible to maunally create additional product groups by clicking on "New". The fields are described below in Edit Group. 


Delete Group: It is not possible to delete a Group is there a products linked to the group. 


Edit Group: Click on Edit in the list of of Groups


Group Name: This is used in the features listed above. It is possible to change the name of a Group but it is important to consider that the page URL will also change and SEO and any external pages linked to this page will no longer work. 

This can be addresses by adding redirects. See Redirects. 


Group Description: The information and graphics entered using the WYSIWYG editor will be displayed at the top of the listing page. See also Content Management.


Group Description Footer: The display of information depends on site layout and design. 


Google Taxonomy Lookup: This is can be used to manually link a Google product category if Google Product listing API is enabled. 


Default Group Image Media: Normally not used. 


Product Layout: If the site has custom product layout pages, the custom layouts can be linked here to specific Groups. 


Group Image: Group listing page boiler plate image. 






See also: Type of Goods, Sub-groups, Products, Main Menu, Additional Product Groups, Multilingual , Products






















See also: Type of Goods, Sub-groups, Products, Product Hierarchy, Additional Product Groups, Group Filter Types