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Everything you need to know about Items, Variants, and Product Recipes
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
What are Items?
Items in Katana include all your products and materials with variants
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
What is a product?
A product is an item that you sell to your customers
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
What is a material?
Materials are items that you use in manufacturing your products
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Creating a product
There are 4 ways to create a new product
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Importing new products and variants
You can import new products to Katana either directly from your e-commerce platform or using our spreadsheet template
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Update data for existing products and variants via import
Update data for products and variants via spreadsheet
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Editing a product
How to edit a product
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Duplicating a product
How to duplicate a product in Katana
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Deleting products
Find out how to delete a product
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Creating a material
There are three ways to create a new material
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Importing new materials and variants
You can import new materials to Katana using our spreadsheet template
Written by
Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Update data for existing materials and variants via import
Update data for materials and variants via spreadsheet
Written by
Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Editing a material
How to edit a material
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Duplicating a material
How to duplicate a material?
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Deleting materials
How to delete materials
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Video: Tracking costs of products and materials
Learn how are costs calculated for products and materials in Katana
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
What is a category?
Categories are groups of similar items
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Creating categories
How to create categories
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Editing and deleting categories
How to edit and delete categories
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
What is a Variant code / SKU?
Variant code is a unique identifier for your product or material variant
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Create, edit and delete Variant Codes / SKU
How to create, edit and delete Variant Codes / SKU
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Why is my item crossed out on the order, stock adjustment, or transfer?
Deleted items are displayed as crossed out
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Variants
What is a variant?
Variants refer to groups of the same product or material, categorized by specific attributes
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Creating variants
There are four steps to creating variants
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Edit and delete variants
How to edit and delete variants
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Product recipes
What is a Product recipe / BOM (Bill-of-Materials)?
Product recipe is a list of ingredients and the quantities you use in order to create your product
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Creating a Product recipe
How to create a Product recipe
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated this week
Importing Product recipes
You can import Product recipes using our xls template
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Creating Product Recipes for product variants
You can create a specific Product Recipe for each variant of a product
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Video: Creating Product Recipes for multiple product variants
See how to create a Product Recipe for products with multiple variants
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Using subassemblies in Product recipes
Subassembly is an item produced in your or contractor's factory designed to be used in making a larger assembly or a final product
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
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Copying a Product recipe from another product
A quick way to create a recipe is to copy it from the other product
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Editing Product recipes
How to edit Product Recipes
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Applying changes made to Product recipes to open orders
Edit default Product recipes for products by manually changing ingredients or quantities, or update your Recipes in bulk using import
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Deleting Product recipes
How to delete Product recipes
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Exporting Product recipes / BOM
How to export Product recipes / BOM
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago
Updating Product recipes in bulk
How to update Product recipes in bulk
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Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a week ago