How to create Master Products

This guide shows you how to set up a master product in Pesto. A master product represents the core version of a product and is used to group all related variants under one product.

Sanjay Sood-Smith
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**Go to Setup and click on *Products* in the left-hand menu.**\ \ This opens your **Product Catalogue**, where all your products in Pesto are listed. From here, you can **create new products (master products)**, **edit existing products**, and **add variants** of master products.

**Click *Add Master Product.***\ \ This is where you set up a **master product** in Pesto - the base product that all its variants (such as packs or cases) will be created from.

**This opens the *Add New Master Product window*.**

**Enter an Internal Name for your master product.** This is the main name you’ll use to identify the product inside Pesto.\ It’s usually the name you already use internally to describe your product.

**Enter a Product Code for your master product.** You can either leave **auto-generate** switched on and let Pesto create a product code for you, or **enter your own product code** if you already use internal product codes in your business. The product code is mainly used for **internal reference and system consistency**, so choose whatever works best with how you already manage products today.

**Select a Category and enter the Net Weight for your master product.** Choose a **Category** that best describes your product (e.g. pastry). This step is optional, but it can help keep your product catalogue organised as it grows. Then enter the **Net Weight** of a single unit of this product and select the correct **Unit of Measure** (for example, grams). This should reflect the weight of one individual item, not a pack or case.

**Select whether your product has a barcode.** If the **individual unit** of this product has a GTIN/barcode, click **Yes, it has a barcode** and enter it in the next field. If the product does **not** have a barcode, simply click **No barcode** and continue.

**Click Create Master Product.** Your master product will now be created and added to your product catalogue.\ From here, you can start adding **variants** (such as packs, cases, or assortments) to this master product. \ Variant setup is covered in **separate guides**.

**Find your master products in the product catalogue.** Once your master product is created, it will appear in the product catalogue list. You can use the **Search** bar at the top to quickly find master products by: - product name - product code / SKU code This makes it easy to locate specific products as your catalogue grows.

**Expand a master product to view its variants.** Click the arrow next to a master product to expand it.\ If variants exist, they will appear underneath the master product.