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Table ProductGroup is removed Reason ProductGroups became first level children of ItemCategory

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Hi everyone,

During a migration from NAV to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, I encountered the removal of the Product Group table (AL0433).

Originally, I had this relation:

TableRelation = "Product Group".Code 
    where("Item Category Code" = field("Item Category Code"));

Since Product Groups are now merged into Item Categories, I replaced it with:

TableRelation = "Item Category".Code 
    where("Parent Category" = field("Item Category Code"));

My goal is to replicate the old structure where Product Groups were children of Item Categories.

Is this the correct and recommended approach?

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    Kamal Khakhkhar Profile Picture
    3,501 on at
    Hii There ,
    as per requirement Product Group code is removed , So You can directly Use Item Category . Or if you want you can Create Custom same like Product group code to Get the same result.

    If you found answer, mark it verified.

    Thank You.
    Kamal Khakhkhar.
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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    17,836 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hello,
    yes, your replacement is the right direction: Product Groups were replaced by hierarchical Item Categories, so using Item Category with a filter on Parent Category is the closest standard BC equivalent to the old “Product Group under Item Category” model. Your relation looks correct if your custom field is meant to select only child categories of the selected parent category: TableRelation = "Item Category".Code where("Parent Category" = field("Item Category Code"));. Just make sure your migrated Product Groups are created as Item Categories with Parent Category = old Item Category Code, and don’t keep using old Product Group fields/tables because Microsoft marks them obsolete/removed.
    Regards,
    Oussama Sabbouh

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