{"id":149111,"date":"2018-10-26T06:05:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T06:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=149111"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:43:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:43:19","slug":"product-families-and-categories-in-akeneo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/product-families-and-categories-in-akeneo\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Families and Categories in Akeneo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webkul.com\/akeneo\/\">Akeneo PIM<\/a> is a\u00a0Product Information Management tool it is free and open-source which basically helps in the fast growth of any eCommerce business.<\/p>\n<p>PIM centralizes all the information in one place and manages them by this it helps in managing time and cost.<\/p>\n<p>In this, you can centralize the <a href=\"https:\/\/unopim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open source PIM<\/a> from different sources and then improve the quality and then export the product to different eCommerce channels, POS, and Mobile applications.<\/p>\n<p>A product family is the collection of attributes that will be the same for all products related to that family.<\/p>\n<p>After creating the attribute and attribute group we assign them to a product family.<\/p>\n<p>Example: When you are going to create a product like Clothes you can make attributes like image, colour, and size. You can assign these attributes to the family.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamily.png\" alt=\"Attribute families\" width=\"1167\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamily.png 1167w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamily-250x105.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamily-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamily-768x322.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1167px) 100vw, 1167px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A product category is the classification of the products. After creating the product we assign a category to the product.<\/p>\n<p>You can classify your products into different categories and sub-categories.<\/p>\n<p>Example: When you are going to create a product, you can assign a category to this product.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming you have created a category for clothes then you can assign products in this category and you can also make subcategories like Men, Women, and Kids.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149202\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productcategory.png\" alt=\"categories\" width=\"610\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productcategory.png 1043w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productcategory-250x123.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productcategory-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productcategory-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Difference between Product Family and Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Family:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0A family is a set of attributes to enrich your products.<\/li>\n<li>A product will belong to only a single family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Categories are used to classify your products.<\/li>\n<li>You can assign several categories to a product.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"panel panel-primary\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\">Create Product Families in Akeneo<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div>\n<p>A product family is a set of attributes that represent the products that are from the same family.<\/p>\n<p>While creating a product we add a product to a family it inherits all the attributes present in that family.<\/p>\n<p>To create a family in Akeneo we have to go to Setting -&gt; Families. Here you have to enter the family code and click on the save button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/crtfml.png\" alt=\"Create a family in Akeneo\" width=\"952\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/crtfml.png 952w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/crtfml-250x77.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/crtfml-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/crtfml-768x237.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here you have to fill in some details like the attribute used as the label and as the main picture, Label translation. You will get other options.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Attributes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Variants<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>History<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149222 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamiliesfill.png-PNG-Image-984-\u00d7-603-pixels-.png\" alt=\"Family in Akeneo\" width=\"974\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamiliesfill.png-PNG-Image-984-\u00d7-603-pixels-.png 974w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamiliesfill.png-PNG-Image-984-\u00d7-603-pixels--250x151.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamiliesfill.png-PNG-Image-984-\u00d7-603-pixels--300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productfamiliesfill.png-PNG-Image-984-\u00d7-603-pixels--768x465.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Add Attributes in Product Family:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will get two options here to add attributes in the attributes family.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add by Groups &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>You can add attributes by attribute groups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add Attributes &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>you can add attributes created by you from other families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/add-attributes-by-groups.png\" alt=\"Attribute in Family\" width=\"906\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/add-attributes-by-groups.png 906w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/add-attributes-by-groups-250x100.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/add-attributes-by-groups-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/add-attributes-by-groups-768x308.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After adding attributes in the attributes family we can delete the unnecessary attributes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149233 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dek.png\" alt=\"Delete attribute in family\" width=\"899\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dek.png 899w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dek-250x159.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dek-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dek-768x490.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Create a Family Variant:<\/h3>\n<p>You can add a family variant for variant products in Akeneo.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0family variant\u00a0will allow you to determine the\u00a0structure of your products with variants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149234 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-variant.png\" alt=\"Create a family variant\" width=\"906\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-variant.png 906w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-variant-250x81.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-variant-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-variant-768x248.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First, click on the add variant icon the following properties are required to create a family variant.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Code &#8211;\u00a0You can add a code to identify the family variant.<\/li>\n<li>Label &#8211;\u00a0You can add a product label.<\/li>\n<li>Variant levels &#8211;\u00a0You can choose a variant level. You can choose either 1 level or 2 levels.<\/li>\n<li>Variant axis level &#8211;\u00a0Variant axis are attributes of the family which identify the variant product in the product model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Second, after filling, in the details click on the save button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149237 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productvariant.png\" alt=\"akeneo product families categories\" width=\"939\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productvariant.png 939w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productvariant-250x152.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productvariant-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/productvariant-768x466.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Third, after making the family variant you can set the attribute for the variant product. You can drag and drop common attributes to variant attributes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/variant-attribute.png\" alt=\"akeneo product families categories\" width=\"1285\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/variant-attribute.png 1285w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/variant-attribute-250x121.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/variant-attribute-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/variant-attribute-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/variant-attribute-1200x581.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1285px) 100vw, 1285px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Label Translation: In this, you will get different locale options by which you can translate your family variant label code.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149263 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/translate.png\" alt=\"akeneo product families categories\" width=\"943\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/translate.png 943w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/translate-250x142.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/translate-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/translate-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After clicking on the save button, you can see your variant product label <strong>li<\/strong>ke this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149264\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/show-variant.png\" alt=\"Color attribute\" width=\"466\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/show-variant.png 919w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/show-variant-250x76.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/show-variant-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/show-variant-768x232.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel panel-primary\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\">Create Product Categories in akeneo<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div>\n<p>Product categories are used to allocate products in a category.<\/p>\n<p>You can have one or more than one category and sub-categories in Akeneo.<\/p>\n<p>If you create a category it is always a part of the root category.<\/p>\n<p>You can click on create a new category for creating the category.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149268\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-a-new-category.png\" alt=\"akeneo product families categories\" width=\"581\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-a-new-category.png 1177w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-a-new-category-250x93.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-a-new-category-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-a-new-category-768x285.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After it, You have to enter the code and node values of the category.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-category-1.png\" alt=\"akeneo product families categories\" width=\"904\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-category-1.png 904w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-category-1-250x158.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-category-1-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/create-category-1-768x487.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also create a sub-category of a category. For it, you have to right-click on the category for which you want to create a sub-category. Enter the sub-category name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/subcategory.png\" alt=\"akeneo product families categories\" width=\"907\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/subcategory.png 907w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/subcategory-250x88.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/subcategory-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/subcategory-768x271.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After entering the name click on the save button and you can see a sub-category is added to your main category.<\/p>\n<p>You can make the chain of categories and sub-categories as you need.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149272 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/clothes.png\" alt=\"akeneo product families categories\" width=\"895\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/clothes.png 895w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/clothes-250x89.png 250w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/clothes-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/clothes-768x273.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel panel-primary\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\">Support<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div>\n<p>If you have any queries please create a <a href=\"https:\/\/webkul.uvdesk.com\/en\/customer\/create-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support ticket<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> If you are a retailer, facing issues in handling a large number of products, drop us a line in the comments below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akeneo PIM is a\u00a0Product Information Management tool it is free and open-source which basically helps in the fast growth of any eCommerce business. 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