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How to Use Groups on a Transaction

Learn how to use groups in Rentopian to organize products by room, event area, category, or setup location.

Written by Jessica Festa

Groups help organize products within a quote or order helping both your customers and your team stay organized.


Where to Create Groups

You can create groups in:

  • Product Availability Chart

  • Set Availability Chart

  • Transaction Details section


How to Create a Group in the Availability Chart

  • Open your transaction.

  • Go to the Product Availability Chart.

  • Find the Group Navigator on the left side.

  • Click the gray plus sign.

  • Enter a group title.

Example:

  • Entryway

  • Ceremony

  • Stage Left

  • Cocktail Area

  • Sound Booth

Once selected, any products (or sets if you're in the sets section) you add will automatically go into that group.


How to Create Groups from the Details Section

If products are already on the order:

  • Go to the Details section.

  • Click the blue New Group button.

  • Name the group.

  • Drag and drop products into the correct group.

Each group has its own color line on the left side to help identify it.


Using the Same Product in Multiple Groups

If a product quantity is greater than one, you can split it across groups.

  • Click the Split icon next to the quantity.

  • The system creates an even split automatically.

  • Adjust the quantities if needed.

  • Drag the split quantities into different groups.

This allows the same product to appear in multiple locations or areas.


Automatically Group by Category

You can automatically organize products by category.

  • In the Details section, click Group by Category.

The system will create groups based on the product categories.


Removing Groups

Remove One Group

  • Ungroup a single group while keeping the products on the transaction by clicking the Ungroup button near the group title

Remove All Groups

  • Click Remove Group button on the upper right hand side of the details section.

  • This removes all groups but leaves the products on the order.


Adding Notes or Discounts to Groups

  • Click the conversation bubble next to the group title to add notes to a group.

  • You can also apply discounts to an entire group.


How Groups Display to Customers

Groups can appear on customer-facing documents like quotes and orders.

This depends on your document template setup and customizations.


How Groups Display to Your Team

Groups can also help your team organize packing and setup.

Grouped Picking Slip

Products stay separated by group.

Ungrouped Picking Slip

Products combine into total quantities.

Important:

  • Printing ungrouped removes set names as well as groups meaning products from different sets will combine together.

You can also toggle grouped or ungrouped view on the Digital Picking Slip using the blue Show Ungrouped button.


Default Print Settings

You can control grouped or ungrouped defaults in:

Settings β†’ Order Settings β†’ Printing Options


Need Help?

If you have questions about using groups, contact us at [email protected].

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