Item categories

Item Categories

We expect all items to have a category, it can either be on the lowest level like “Non-Alcholic, Low-Fat Beer” or it can be on the highest level “Beverages”, or anywhere in between. Some have 5 levels in the category tree structure, some have only 2, both are supported.

Which level the picker sees as the top of the tree is set per store with highestVisibleItemCategoryLevel; see configuration parameters.

You first need to import all your categories here. Each order line carries the category of its item, which is how Click and Collect labels and orders what a picker sees.

Categories also define the content of the zones in your store — zones exist today and can be created, edited and filled with categories through the API and the app.

Categories decide the order the picker walks the store. Through the store's layout, each line's category places it on the picker's route, so nobody walks the shop twice. A category the layout does not place comes last. See business unit layout.