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Multiple item category codes on an item

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Hey,

Is it possible to have more than 1 item category code on an item or will this require customization?

Example.

We have some items that are used by multiple departments and we wanted to label an item with Department 1 & 2 so that when an inventory report is run with filtering on item category code each department could see there the item when selecting their department in item cat code

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    Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    1,165 Moderator on at

    You can not have several independent item categories. But you can build a parent/ child relationship between them.

    If that is not sufficient you should look at the attribute functionality to see if you can use that. It is very flexible.

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    Trublu849 Profile Picture
    293 on at

    Thanks for the quick answer!

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    99,055 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi, I think it is also a bit troublesome to customize. I recommend you to use Dimensions, such as creating Dimension for category 1 and category 2.

    Hope this helps as well.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    Amit Baru Profile Picture
    3,037 on at

    hi,

    As per my suggestion. use Product Group code field for mapping the requirement. If you use this, then there is no need of customization in system.

    Regards

    Amit Sharma

    www.linkedin.com/.../

    Press Yes, if info is useful.

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