Product Structure

The product structure is used to group all product types. It consists of five levels, with each item assigned to the lowest level subcategory. Across the ecosystem, this structure supports item filtering, pricing bands, reporting, and stock control.

The product structure is created with the following hierarchy: Division → Sub Division → Super Category → Category → Subcategory

Examples

Food (division)
- Food (sub division)
  - Pubs & Bars Food (super category)
    - Dinner Menus (category)
      - Dinner Starters (subcategory)
      - Dinner Mains (subcategory)
Drinks (division)
- Drinks (sub division)
  - Beers & Lagers (super category)
    - Lager (category)
      - Draught Lager (subcategory)
      - Bottled Lager (subcategory)

Navigate to Base Data → Product Configuration → Product Structure

Adding New Product Structure

Follow these steps to add a new full level product structure:

Click Add
Select Add New Product Division
Enter the Division Name and then the following configurations
- Description
- Type
- Reference
Click Next
Click Add New Product Sub Division
Enter the Sub Division Name
Click Next
Click Add New Product Super Category
Enter Super Category Name
Click Next
Click Add New Product Category
Enter Category Name and Description (optional)
Click Next
Click Add New Subcategory
Enter the Subcategory Name and then the following configurations
- Description
- Allow Site Pricing
- Allow Site Naming
- Use For Cover Count
- Age Restriction
- Minimum Age (if Age Restriction is set)
Click Next to repeat setup of any other levels as required or click Finish

When adding new subcategorises remember to complete banding information in Standard Pricing → Sales Area Banding otherwise any recipes or standard line products assigned will not know where to get their prices from even if the have been assigned a price within a price band in the Price Matrix. Products will be displayed greyed out with no price on Aztec point of sale terminals

If your organisation is using any hotel PMS integrations or uses product group on bills and receipts the assignment of the new subcategory to the hotel division must take place in Theme Modelling → Estate Setup → Config Sets

Adding Selected Structure Levels

Follow these other options to create selected structure levels:

Click Add
Select the required Structure Level to add
Choose the required level to add to add the new level to

In this example when adding a subcategory choose an existing category from the structure to add to
Click Next
Enter the required fields and click Finish

Zonal also recommends expand the  product structure tree and locate the level you want to add to, right click on the level above and choose the 'Add New....' option

Moving Subcategories

Existing subcategories within a division can be moved to another category (in the same division).

Follow these steps to move a subcategory:

Expand the product structure tree to locate the subcategory
Right click and select Move
Choose the new Category to move the subcategory too
Click OK

Field Settings & Information

Product Structure

Each level has different naming and settings that can be configured.

The following table of information describes each of the product structure fields:

Field	Description
Division
Name	Name of the division - 20 characters
Description	Description of the division - 250 characters
Type	Identifier of the division: Food Wet Other Donation
Reference Code	Optional input to allow a reference for external reporting or integrations - 10 characters
Sub Division
Name	Name of the sub division - 20 characters
Super Category
Name	Name of the super category - 20 characters
Category
Name	Name of the category - 20 characters
Description	Description of the category - 250 characters
Subcategory
Name	Name of the subcategory - 20 characters
Description	Description of the subcategory - 250 characters
Allow Site Pricing	When enabled any products contained within this subcategory can have their prices changed at site or site master level in Theme Modelling → Site Products
Allow Site Naming	When enabled any products contained within this subcategory can have their names changed at site or site master level in Theme Modelling → Site Products
Use for Cover Count	When enabled any product sold from the selected subcategory will count as 1 cover Additional configuration in Estate Structure → Estate Setup → Finance is also required by setting the covers definition to 'Use Product Subcategory'
Age Restriction	When enabled any products sold from this subcategory on the point of sale terminal will prompt for an age check Additional configuration in Theme Modelling → Estate Setup → Config Sets is also required by enabling 'Validate Customer Age', if this is not enabled the prompt will not display
Minimum Age	Minimum age calculated when age restriction is enabled