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Hi Community,

I'm confusing to create Items. Client has a business in which he want to differeciate items by its weight and Brand.

Eg. Client wants a report in which he want how much items we have of 50 Ton, 40 Tons & so on and how much items of Brand-A, B etc.. Also they want to select these two fields on each document of items.

I have created items weight list in items categories. Now I'm confuse in which field I should create Brand.

Your assistance will be appreciable.

Thanks in advance.

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YUN ZHU 81,693 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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I vote for Item Attributes.

PS: Dynamics 365 Business Central: Show Item Attributes on the page (For Example: On Item List page)

https://yzhums.com/3546/

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Valentin Castravet 27,825 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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I would keep it simple and use the item category for both. For example, you have Brand A with the weight 50 ton, 40 ton, etc. And then Brand B with the weight 50 ton, 40 ton, etc. The Item Categories has a parent/child relationship that helps with this setup.

The other option is to use Item Attributes. With Item Attributes you can have the brand and weight as separate attributes.

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Jun Wang 7,706 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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out of box, BC allows user to create viriants, but you could only use one subcategory. e.g. item: shirt, variants: black, blue etc

you could choose shirt, blue but won't be able to create a second variants category for the item.

consider a customization to add additional category in your case might be a good option or look for a 3rd party addon that enables this.

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gdrenteria thanks for your reply but client is already using Unit of measure for its main purpose. Also we can't filter Variant on Items List.
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gdrenteria 17,608 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi

I think you should rely on variants and use the units of measurements, both points you can use in the documents.

Manage Product Variants - Business Central | Microsoft Learn

How to Set Up Item Units of Measure - Business Central | Microsoft Learn

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