{"id":1287,"date":"2023-04-14T14:04:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T11:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/inventory-management\/creating-a-group-for-products-or-services\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:04:23","slug":"creating-items-group","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/inventory-management\/creating-items-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Items Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Akaunting makes creating item groups (products or services) easy and convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grouping items is only available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/apps\/inventory\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inventory app<\/a> (<code><em>Check out how to <a href=\"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/apps-and-integrations\/installing-an-app\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Install<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/apps-and-integrations\/purchasing-an-app\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase<\/a> an app<\/em><\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Creating Items Group:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Inventory<\/strong> on the Navigation Menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2023\/04\/27125911\/Create-items-group.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select <strong>Groups<\/strong> from the expanded menu options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>New Group.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the General Information &#8211; <strong>Name<\/strong>, <strong>Category<\/strong>, <strong>Description,<\/strong> and <strong>Picture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select applicable <strong>Tax(es)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a <strong>Unit<\/strong> &#8211; Dozen, Grams, Pairs, Pieces, Box, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add Product\/Service <strong>Variant(s) &#8211; Name <\/strong>and<strong> Values.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adding a New Category<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Category<\/strong> and then <strong>New Category.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2023\/04\/14141032\/adding-a-new-category-group.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter a <strong>Name<\/strong> for the category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define the <strong>Category color.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Tax To Items (Product or Service) Group:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2023\/04\/14141056\/adding-tax-group.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Tax<\/strong> and then <strong>New Tax.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a <strong>Name<\/strong> for the Tax.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the <strong>Rate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add multiple Taxes to a Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akaunting makes creating item groups (products or services) easy and convenient. Grouping items is only available on the Inventory app (Check out how to Install and Purchase an app). Creating Items Group: Adding a New Category Adding Tax To Items (Product or Service) Group: You can add multiple Taxes to a Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1274,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1287","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1287\/revisions\/2875"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}