# Categories with different product lines

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/categories-with-different-product-lines/75401>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** reports, object\
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/categories-with-different-product-lines/75401 "2023-02-16T20:14:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SNasonov3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@SNasonov3](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SNasonov3)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/categories-with-different-product-lines/75401/1 "2023-02-16T20:14:31Z")

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Hello Community,

I have an issue setting up properly Deal page.

We have 2 categories of product and lot’s of line products under each category.

For example, Category: Cars and related products BMW, Mercedes, Toyota.

Category: Bicycles and related products SUZUKI, JEEP, Honda.

Sometimes it happens, that a customer buys something from the Cars and Bicycles category, so creating a new deal you have a drop-down list with multiple selections under Category.

For example Deal 1. Category Cars+Bicycles and Line product: BMW, SUZUKI.

I am concerned about reporting part. I want to have separately reported amounts sold by categories like Cars and Bicycles and maybe stacked it by product line etc, but having this logic I cannot do it.

The solution should be simple, create separate deals for each category, but we use contacting tool - PandaDoc, and in 1 contact have all items both Cars and Bicycles, and wanted to have contact assigned to each deal, so separation of deals by category are not a solution, because for 1 deal we will have attached contact but for another, it will be blank.

Does anybody know a workaround for it?

Thanks for hep.

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**Author:** ![shyannehkr](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/shyannehkr/32/4010_2.png) [@shyannehkr](https://community.hubspot.com/u/shyannehkr)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/categories-with-different-product-lines/75401/2 "2023-02-16T21:27:37Z")

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Hi there! This may be a silly question but have you tried exporting all data into Hubspot so that you do not have to deal with PandaDoc in this instance? I know that can be not the most ideal approach but may save you a lot of time, energy, and resources in the long run!

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**Author:** ![SNasonov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SNasonov](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SNasonov)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/categories-with-different-product-lines/75401/3 "2023-02-17T08:05:58Z")

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Hi @shyannehkr sorry I am new to hubspot? Could clarify what do you mean by that?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/categories-with-different-product-lines/75401/4 "2023-02-17T06:10:53Z")

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Hi @SNasonov3,

This shouldn’t be an issue in report if you’re working with HubSpot products: [Create and manage products](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/products/how-do-i-use-products)

Products have their own properties and open up powerful options in reporting when pulling in line-items as a data source.

From what you’re describing, you’re currently working with deal properties (you mentioned a dropdown). If you’re tracking product information in custom properties, this would be a matter of including this information in products rather than custom properties.

This might mean creating variations of products.

Let me know if you have any follow-up questions. If you want to share more context, that might also be useful.

Best regards!