Managing data

Product groups

Why organizing your catalog matters

When you’re managing thousands of SKUs, it’s easy for teams to lose sight of what really matters. Without clear segmentation, users spend hours hunting for the right products, and bulk updates become error-prone.

Feature overview

Product groups let you slice and dice your master catalog any way you need-by brand, region, season, campaign or any custom criteria. Assign specific users or roles to each group, then run bulk edits, approval workflows and exports on that exact subset, ensuring everyone works on the right products at the right time.

Key Capabilities

Unlimited custom groups: Create as many groups as needed-e.g. “Winter Collection,” “Organic Foods,” “Electronics Launch.”
User & role assignment: Grant view/edit rights on a per-group basis so marketers, regional teams or auditors see only their assigned SKUs.
Bulk operations: Apply attribute updates, workflow triggers or channel publishing to entire groups in one action.
Hierarchical grouping: Nest sub-groups under parent groups for multi-level catalog organization.
Group-specific dashboards: Filter reports and activity feeds by group to track progress and performance at a glance.

Common use cases

Regional specialists: grocery wholesaler delegates “Swiss Market” and “German Market” groups to different teams-so each only manages local assortments.
‍Seasonal campaigns: the marketing team spins up a “Q4 Holiday Promo” group to tag, enrich and approve all promotional SKUs in one place.
Compliance reviews: quality officers get a “Regulated Products” group containing only SKUs requiring nutritional or safety checks, streamlining audit preparation.
New product launches: R&D and product management collaborate in a “Pre-Launch” group to fine-tune specs and images before moving items to “Active Catalog.”

Benefits

Building from scratch

Months of requirements gathering and design

High development & maintenance costs

Endless custom mapping for each new partner/channel

Risk of schema drift and undocumented exceptions

Separate validation engines to develop

xyxle’s out-of-the-box model

Instant startup with industry-proven GS1 schema

Included in your subscription—zero IT overhead

Pre-mapped fields for 400+ retail and GDSN networks

Automatic updates as GS1 standards evolve

200+ built-in checks guard data quality from the start

Focused workflows: teams spend less time searching and more time enhancing the right products.‍
Error-free bulk edits: update hundreds of SKUs at once-without risking changes to unrelated items.‍
Granular security: lock down sensitive lines by assigning group-level permissions.‍
Scalable organization: maintain clarity and control as your SKU count-and your team-grows.