Product Hierarchy

Product Hierarchy

Set-up and editing products

Product Hierarchy

Create and edit Account Hierarchy

Create and edit Account Hierarchy

  • Go to Settings
  • Select Product Category

Setting Up Account Hierarchy

Setting Up Account Hierarchy

  • Select Add a new category
  • Type the desired Category name
  • Click Add subcategory and add as many subcategory as needed
  • Select Save
  • Repeat adding New Categories and Subcategories until you have completed your desired product hierarchy
  • NOTE: Every product must have both a Product and subproduct. If you do not have Subproducts, just repeat the product name 1x in the subproduct section

Editing Account Hierarchy

Editing Account Hierarchy

Editing/deleting an account is easy:

  • Search for the product or subproduct you want to edit. To search, scroll manually or type the name into the search field.
  • Select the ellipses (3 dots) to the right of the target product/subproduct.
  • Select Edit or Delete.
  • If Editing, make the target changes to the account and select Save.
  • If Deleting, once you delete a category or subcategory, every account plan using that category/subcategory will lose their information. If you need to delete a category/subcategory, best practice is to:
    • Set up the new category/subcategory.
    • Edit the name of the category/subcategory and put "- to be DELETED on X/X/XX date - Transition to <new category/subcategory>" at the end of the category/subcategory.
    • Alert all Account Plan users that the Category/Subcategory will be deleted on a certain date and that all information must be transferred to a new category/subcategory or else it will be deleted.

Recommendations

Recommendations

  • Keep your product hierarchy simple. Adding multiple products increases workload for your users.
  • Where appropriate, make your product hierarchy match the product hierarchy in your Salesforce instance.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

  • You cannot save your subproducts if there are "blank fields". Therefore, delete all "blank" subproducts before saving.
  • Every product must have both a product and subproduct. If you do not have subproducts, just repeat the product name 1x in the subproduct section.