---
title: "Automatic Conversion of Product Groups and Item Categories"
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slug: "automatic-conversion-of-product-groups-and-item-categories"
published_at: "2025-09-12T12:48:15+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-09-02T06:07:03+00:00"
url: "https://ioi.gmbh/en/2025/09/12/automatic-conversion-of-product-groups-and-item-categories/"
markdown_url: "https://ioi.gmbh/en/2025/09/12/automatic-conversion-of-product-groups-and-item-categories.md"
excerpt: "In Business Central, the product group has been removed from the item card and is now part of the item category. The transfer from a system that uses product groups to Business Central can be configured in the mapping. For..."
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---

Contents

- [Transfer of the content](#transfer-of-the-content)

In Business Central, the product group was removed from the item card and is now part of the item category. The transfer from a system with a product group to Business Central can be configured in the mapping. For this, we look at the finished configuration and then at the transfer and the result.

**Mapping of table 5722 Item Category**

*The main group of the Item Category table in Business Central is formed from the Item Category table of the legacy system (Indentation=0)*

**Mapping of table 5723 Product Group**

*The subgroup of the Item Category table in Business Central is formed from the Product Group table of the legacy system (Indentation=1)*

### Transfer of the content

```
DataMigratePro -t deletedata -s 5722
DataMigratePro -t putdata -s 5722 -i "EXEC Migration.dbo.[ExportTable] @TableNo=5722" --automapping 5722
DataMigratePro -t putdata -s 5722 -i "EXEC Migration.dbo.[ExportTable] @TableNo=5723" --automapping 5723
```

*Line 1 first removes the existing content of the Item Category table in Business Central. Line 2 then inserts the main groups and line 3 the subgroups.*

**Result from CRONUS AG sample data**

About the author

#### Sascha Marquardt

Responsible for the partner programme, the licensing business and commercial project delivery.

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