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alias: user-guide-create-product-group
description: "Create a new product group object following defined steps and data requirements"
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# Create Product Group

:lock: ProductGroup.**Create**

## Overview

This operation is used to create a **Product Group**.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Product Group** does not currently exist in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

There are several ways to create a new versioned object. Depending on the level, follow these steps to get started:

* Entity - In the landing page of this entity type in the Business Data menu or in the details page of an existing entity of the same type, select **New** on the top ribbon. For more information see [Creating Entity Objects](../../general/creating_entity_objects.md).
* Revision - If you want to create a new revision, go to the **New** dropdown button on the top ribbon and select **Revision**. For more information, see [Revisions](../../general/revisions/index.md).
* Version - If you want to create a version associated to an existing revision, go to the **New** dropdown button on the top ribbon and select **Version**. For more information, see [Versions](../../general/versions/index.md).

### Step 1: Change Set

1. Select an existing Change Set or click **Create** to create a new Change Set. If configured to support implicit Change Sets, it is also possible to check the option *Use Automatic Change Set*.
2. Optionally, select an *Approval Role*.

### Step 2: General Data

1. Enter the **Product Group** name.
2. If you are creating a new version, the revision that was selected when you started the process will be the revision to which this version will be associated. If you are creating a new entity or revision (with a new version associated to it), provide a name for the revision or it will be automatically generated for you. For more information on revision naming, see [Revision Naming](../../../general/revisions#Naming/).
3. Enter the **Product Group** description.
4. Select the **Product Group** type. The list of possible values is taken from the lookup table *ProductGroupType*.
5. Optionally, select the default units for all the **Products** of this **Product Group**. The list of possible values is taken from the lookup table *Units*.
6. Optionally, specify the maturity of the **Product Group**. The list of possible values is taken from the lookup table *ProductGroupMaturity*.
7. Optionally, specify the default flow path for all the **Products** of this **Product Group**.
8. Select **Create** to complete the transaction and a new object will be created.

![create_product_group][create_product_group]

[create_product_group]: images/create_product_group.png