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In Bold, a family groups items that belong to the same commercial or technical concept. Create one when you want to organize variants under a single family.
If you only have a standalone item and do not need to group variants, you can work directly with the item.

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Create a family

Path: Catalog > Families > Create new
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Enter the data

Name: enter the main, most visible name of what you manufacture or store.Code: enter a stable, unique alphanumeric identifier for the family.Description (optional): add family details that do not fit in the name, such as dimensions, materials, colors or storage warnings.
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Assign the properties

Within the created family, click Require property and select the properties its items must complete.
Example: if you manufacture T-shirts, you can require Color and Size to distinguish a red size M T-shirt from a blue size XL T-shirt.

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Effect of properties

When you assign a property to a family, all its items must have a value for it. If it is missing, the item is marked as invalid until you complete the information. You should not have two active items with the same family and property values. If they represent exactly the same physical element, review their related manufacturing orders, requests and recipes before consolidating them. If they differ, a property is missing to explain the difference.