In Zurmo, Product Categories are used to define product classifications into categories such as Software, Hardware, or Accessories for example. This also makes products more searchable. Assigning a product to a Parent product category is easy. Let’s see how it’s done in Zurmo!

The first step is to make sure you are on your Zurmo Dashboard. By selecting the Home button you will be situated on your Zurmo Dashboard.

From the Dashboard, locate the Products option within the list of options just below the Home option.

Once you click on Products, Zurmo opens a new screen providing the option for creating a Category.

As in the illustration above, select the down arrow within the Categories option to reveal the option to Create a Category. Select the Create Category option and Zurmo will present a new screen with two fields, Name and Parent Category.

To establish a relationship between a product and its Parent category, type the name of the Product into the Name filed. In this case, we will use the product Test A to associate with the Parent Testing Products. Once the name field is completed, click on the (+) option in the Parent Category field to reveal the options available for association of the Test A product with a Parent Category. In this case we chose Testing Products as the parent category for Test A.

Once the Name and selection of Parent Category are complete, select Save. Once the Save option is selected, Zurmo will refresh the screen to reveal a confirmation of the new Parent Category name.

To view your new product assigned to a Parent Category in Zurmo, return to the Products tab in Zurmo, and click again on Category to reveal a list of your Parent Categories and products assigned to them.

Now that you have established a product affiliated with it’s Parent Category, your products can be classified under, and affiliated with, Parent Product Categories making searching and referencing in Zurmo even easier!

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