# Importing grouping products and products with variants

Grouping products and products with variants requires additional information and we felt this should be covered in its own segment for the sake of clarity.

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While you can import all types of products using the same products.csv file, you may want to consider creating a separate file for products with variants and grouping products, as that may make it easier to keep track of the necessary data and avoid mistakes.
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**Products with variants**

We probably already know how to create products with variants from within Ergonode, to group simple products into a product with variants, you need to select a binding attribute. In the products.csv file, this will be reflected by the column labeled \_bindings, where you will need to specify the system name of the attribute used as the binding attribute for this particular product with variants.

Another important piece of information to note is which simple products are variants connected to the product with variants. This is denoted in the column labeled \_children which lists the SKUs of these simple products. The values here need to be separated by commas to conform to the format acceptable by Ergonode.

**Grouping products**

Grouping products function similarly to products with variants, however, they group products related by a theme you wish to establish. For example, this could be leather products, winter-themed products, etc. 

You should already know how to create a grouping product, all you need to know is that grouping products share the \_children column with products with variants, where the SKUs of grouped products are listed. As with the previous example, these should be separated by commas.


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