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title: "Item Groups in Canary7"
slug: "item-group"
description: "Why is Item Group important, and how to create an Item Group? Step by Step guides containing all the information that you need to know to help you understand Canary7"
updated: 2025-07-31T13:43:52Z
published: 2025-07-31T13:43:52Z
canonical: "help.canary7.com/item-group"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Item Group

# 📦 Understanding Item Group

## 🧩 What is Item Group?

An **Item Group** is a way to categorise items within the WMS based on shared characteristics. This grouping helps improve operational efficiency and makes it easier to apply rules and workflows across similar items.

For example, you might group items by physical size:

- **Large Items**
- **Medium Items**
- **Small Items**

Or group by product type, such as:

- **Electronics**
- **Apparel**
- **Perishables**
- **Fragile Goods**

Using Item Groups allows you to tailor allocation, picking strategies, and inventory segmentation based on common item features.

## 🔍 Accessing Item Group

- Open the **Navigation menu**, type **Item Group** in the search bar, and select it.
- Alternatively, find it via: `Configuration > Functional Area Setup > Inventory Control Setup > Item Group`

You can also access and update an Item Group directly when editing an individual Item. By default, new items are often assigned to the "default" Item Group.

## ➕ Adding an Item Group

Click on the Red Action Button![red action button](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/red%20action%20button.png), this will bring up a drop-down menu, and select "Add"

![add uom](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/image-1664033249991.png)

### Enter Required Field

![item group ](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/item%20group%20.png)

- Click **Add** to create a new group.
- Enter the **Name** of the Item Group and add a description if needed.
- Click **Submit** to save.

## 🔄 Updating Item Groups for Items

Each item’s Item Group can be updated manually by editing the item, or in bulk using an **Item Update CSV** (Found [here](/v1/docs/csv-templates)).

Once you have selected and entered the required fields, click on the submit button![submit button(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/submit%20button(1).png) to add.