Merging Products of 1 Category to Another

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   Is there a way to take all products of one category and reassign all of them into another category at one time. Right now I am opening up each one and reviewing their assigned categories and de-selecting the one I don't want anymore. When I am done with that, I'll be deleting that category all together.

Thanks.

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pringlezimring Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01-October-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote pringlezimring Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Merging Products of 1 Category to Another Posted: 31-March-2008 at 8:52pm
	Is there a way to take all products of one category and reassign all of them into another category at one time. Right now I am opening up each one and reviewing their assigned categories and de-selecting the one I don't want anymore. When I am done with that, I'll be deleting that category all together. Thanks.

katharina Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25-October-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote katharina Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31-March-2008 at 9:45pm
	Yes, there is an easy way. Go to manage categories, go into the category you want the items to be in. Click on the link add items to category. Next you will get a list of all items and you simply check mark those that you want to add. I would have died along while ago without that feature for sure. Katharina

Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01-April-2008 at 4:26am
	Hi, Another really useful feature is the ability to export the data from the database and then manipulate it as a spreadsheet & then reimport it. Great for those circumstances where there is no easy way to carry out the mass change from within the admin panels.

mattprice Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03-June-2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mattprice Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01-April-2008 at 5:21am
	If it is simply a case of moving all products from one category to another then the Global Changes feature under the Products menu could be the answer. From memory I dont think that this feature actually moves products between categories it simply copies the products to other categories. There are plenty of other mass changes you can make under this feature to pinpoint products with speficic attributes. Use it with care however. Get it wrong and you can end up with products all over the place.