Stock groups

Organise stock into logical groups used by listings, templates, and exports.

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Use Inventory → Stock groups to organise stock into logical groups. Groups are reused across the product — listing templates can pull a group's name and code, and Website drafts can map a group to a category path — so a tidy group structure pays off well beyond Inventory.

Columns

  • Code: the group code (used as group_code in listing templates)
  • Name: the group name (used as group_name in listing templates)
  • Items: how many stock items are in the group
  • Status: whether the group is active

The list opens in Group code (A–Z) order so codes such as COLLECTION and SELLING appear in code order. You can also sort by group name or item count from the list controls.

Actions

  • Create stock group: add a new group

Detail fields

Stock group detail captures:

  • Group code: the short code used in imports, filters, and listing-template tokens.
  • Group name: the display name shown to users.
  • Parent group: optional hierarchy for reporting and sync organisation.
  • Status: active groups can be selected on stock items; inactive groups stay visible where already used.
  • Description: optional internal explanation of the group.

Deleting a stock group is blocked or discouraged while it is still operationally important. If items are linked, move them to another group or make the group inactive instead.

SKU policy override

Stock groups can carry a group-specific SKU policy. Use this when one product family needs a stricter or different SKU pattern than the account default.

The friendly pattern builder helps assemble common patterns from prefixes, letters, numbers, and separators. Test the pattern before applying it to active stock creation, then choose the stock group before entering SKU on a new stock item so the correct guidance appears.

Where stock groups are reused

  • Stock item create/detail forms
  • Stock imports and stock group exports
  • Listing templates through group name and group code tokens
  • Website draft category defaults where a group is mapped to a category path
  • Inventory lists, valuation, and stock health review

Record change history

Stock group detail includes a collapsed Record change history card. It lists event-log-backed changes for the group record, keeping record-level audit events separate from item counts and listing-template usage. Groups created or updated by Data Exchange imports record that source in the group history.