How to add and remove products to/from a Product Family
When you assign a product to one of your Product Families, this product will only display the attributes you have defined for this specific Product Family. This means that that you always see the most relevant attributes for each product type.
In this article, you will learn how to assign, edit or remove products within families. If you want to learn how to create product families, check out this article.
Assigning Products to a Family
Changing the Family of a product
Removing products from a Family
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Assigning Products to a Family
Adding products to a Family can be done in a few ways:
From the Product Overview:
To assign multiple products to your Family:
- Go to the Product Overview by clicking on 'Products' in the top menu.
- Choose 'All Products'.
- Select the products you want to add to a Family (here you can use filters on the left side panel to narrow your selection).
- Select the "Assign Family" bulk action above the Table View.
- Select the Family you wish to assign to the selected products.
- Click 'Confirm'.
From the Product Detail Page
If you want to assign a single product to a Product Family you can:
- Go to the Product Detail Page of the product
- On the left side panel, you can see the box 'Product Family'. To assign a Family, click on the pencil icon.
- Choose the Family you want to assign.
- Click 'Confirm'.
⚠️ If the product is a parent product, all its variations will also be assigned to the new family automatically.
ℹ️ Any attribute values that don't belong to the family will be maintained until explicitly deleted. However, they will no longer be editable.
Changing the Product Family
To change the Product Family a product is assigned to, you can either change it from the Product Overview or from the Product Detail Page:
From the Product Overview:
- Go to the Product Overview by clicking on 'Products' in the top menu.
- Choose 'All Products'.
- Select the products you want to change the Family of (here you can use filters on the left side panel to narrow your selection).
- Select the 'Assign Family' bulk action above the Table View.
- Select the Family you wish to change to the selected products.
- Click 'Confirm'.
From the Product Detail Page:
- Go to the Product Details Page of the product.
- On the left side panel, you can see the box 'Product Family'. To change the Family, click on the pencil icon.
- Choose the Family you want to change it to.
- Click 'Confirm'.
ℹ️ Products can be reassigned to families at any time
Removing Products from a Family
To remove Products from a Family you can either do so from the Product Overview Page in bulk or from the Product Detail Page for an individual Product.
To remove Products from a Family:
- Go to the Product Overview by clicking on 'Products' in the top menu.
- Choose 'All Products'.
- Select the products you want to remove from a Family (here you can use filters on the left side panel to narrow your selection).
- Select the 'Assign Family' bulk action above the Table View.
- Here select the option 'Unassigned' to remove the currently applied Family.
- Click 'Confirm'.
Alternatively, you can remove a Family from the Product Detail Page:
- Go to the Details Page of the product.
- On the left side panel, you can see the box 'Product Family'. To remove the Family, click on the pencil icon.
- Choose the option 'Unassigned' to remove the current Family.
- Click 'Confirm'.
What's Next
- Learn how to create and manage product families
- Learn about creating product attribute groups
- Learn about working with Table Views
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