Separation of Raw Material Items and Produced Items within Product Design Dropdown

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Hello all,

I am trying to figure out how items can be separated into its corresponding sections of Raw Materials and Produced sections (refer to photo).

We've migrated our Items into the "Items" section, but I was wondering if there was a clear way to distinctly mark an item as a Produced good or a Raw Material.

Creating this distinction would be ideal in the manufacturing aspect so that we wouldn't have to go through the massive list of jumbled item part numbers in the "Items" section.

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Q1) Is there a specific way to create this separation at the Item Card level to populate the "Raw Materials" section and the "Produced" section accordingly?

Currently, when I press the "Raw Materials" section, the page comes up blank, while clicking the "Produced" section gives me the full list of items we've migrated.

Q2) Other than the above mentioned reasoning of separating Raw and Produced, are there any other benefits to creating this separation within the views?

Thank you for your help in advance!

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Alex A 3,070 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

Yes, you can sort the Item List page by the Item Category Code, or other fields if things are setup correctly. Here is a quick summary of some of the most relevant fields on the Item card to answer your questions:

1. Type
- Classifies the item as Inventory, Non-Inventory, or Service. Only Inventory items can be used in production processes.

2. Item Category Code
- Groups items into categories (e.g., Finished Goods, Raw Materials).

3. Replenishment System
- Purpose: Determines how the item is obtained (e.g., Purchase or Production). Raw Materials are usually set to Purchase, while Produced Goods are set to Production.

If this helps you, please mark Yes.

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Valentin Castravet 32,208 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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1. Clicking Produced opens the Item List filtered to items whose Replenishment System on the Item Card is Prod. Order.

Clicking Raw Materials opens the Item List filtered to items with Replenishment System = Purchase and Low-Level Code > 0. Low-level codes are assigned by the system based on BOM structure, with 0 for top-level items, so that's why Raw Materials excludes level 0. If Replenishment System was not correctly populated on your items, this is why when you open the two links you see strange results.

In short, both links open the same page with different filters applied.

2. Typically I don't usually see users using the links for the Produced or Raw Material pages that often. Most users just open the Item list directly, and then apply filters in there as needed.

It definitely helps to categorize items so you can separate them in lists and reports when needed. So you'll need at least something on the item card that you can use. But I'd say the most common choice is using Item Category Code on the item card to make the distinction between the different items, or other fields like Inventory Posting Group.

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Teddy Herryanto (Th... 14,302 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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There are multiple ways you can do this.

1) You can have different Inventory Posting Group or Gen. Prod Posting Group for Raw Materials and Produced. You normally have different G/L associated with it, so this will work well with the Finance.

2) You can have different Item Category Code for Raw Materials and Produced.

3) You can have different prefix on the Item Code, for example: RM-00001, FG-00001. However, this means you have a new item code.

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YUN ZHU 99,086 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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In addition, you can also use Dimensions, or it may not be perfect, such as whether Bom is included, what is included is Product, and what is not included is Raw Materials.

Hope this helps as well.

Thanks.

ZHU

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Pallavi Phade 5,420 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Namaste DALTON LEE ,

You can refer replenishment system in item card as "Prod. Order "

For Raw Materails , Replenishment Type is Purchase

This will help you categorize as RM or Produced

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Nimsara Jayathilaka. 4,950 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi

In Business Central, there isn’t a built-in field to automatically categorize items as “Raw Material” or “Produced” in the dropdown view

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Nimsara

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Rishabh Kanaskar 6,219 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Q1) In Business Central, the Product Design page separates items based on the Item Category / BOM Usage:
> Produced Items: Items that have a BOM (Production BOM) or are marked as Production Items.
> Raw Materials: Items used in a BOM but not produced themselves.
> To populate the Raw Materials section, ensure that items are linked as components in a BOM or marked with the correct BOM Usage = Purchase. Just migrating items without assigning BOM roles will leave Raw Materials blank.

Q2) Benefits of separating Raw and Produced items:
> Easier BOM creation and selection in production orders.
> Clearer inventory reporting and planning for manufacturing.
> Simplifies planning and costing (distinguishes purchased vs. manufactured).
> Reduces errors when selecting items for production or procurement.

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Rishabh

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