---
title: "Create and release a product"
slug: "create-and-release-a-product"
abstract: "How to create a product that appears within Content Hub and then release it."
---
# Create and release a product

Sitecore Connect for Microsoft D365 Commerce - Content Hub supports the creation and update of products in Sitecore Content Hub with the following attributes:

- Product name
- Product number
- Description
- Product lifecycle state

To create a product that appears within Content Hub:

1. In your D365 environment, log into the **Finance and Operations** portal.
2. On the dashboard page, click **Expand the navigation pane**.
3. In the left navigation pane, click **Modules** and click **Product information management**.
4. In the expanded **Product information management** pane, click **Products** and then click **Products**.
5. In the **Products list** view, click **New**.
6. In the **New product** dialog box, enter the basic information for the new product as shown in the following example:

    ![D365 product basic information example](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/ch/en/users/content-hub/images/d365_product_basic_information_example.png)

7. Click **OK**. You are redirected to the product details page. After updating the product information, you must release the product to a company before it is synchronized with Content Hub.

To release a product:

1. On the **Product details** page, click the **Release Products** tab.
2. On the **Select products to release** page, confirm the list of product or products to be released and click **Next**.

    ![D365 product to release page](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/ch/en/users/content-hub/images/d365_product_to_release_page.png)

3. On the **Select companies to release to** page, select the appropriate company or companies.

    > [!important]
    > For the connector to work as expected, you must [choose a company that is configured as a legal entity](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/add-a-legal-entity-to-dataverse.html "Add a legal entity to Dataverse") in your D365 dual-write settings.

4. Click **Next**.
5. Click **Finish** to release products. Once the new product is released in D365 and Dataverse, you can review this new product in Content Hub.

To review product in Content Hub.

1. Log into your Content Hub application.
2. On the menu bar, click **Products** and, from the drop-down list, click **Products**.
3. On the **Products listing** page, in the **Search** box, enter the D365 product number of the newly released product. The newly released product appears in the search results.

    ![D365 product in Content Hub search](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/ch/en/users/content-hub/images/d365_product_in_content_hub_search.png)

    > [!note]
    > When you create a product in Content Hub, it is set to *Approved* by default. You can change this by [updating the entity mapping configuration file](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/set-up-microsoft-azure.html "Set up Microsoft Azure") for the connector.

4. Click the product name to open the product details page.

    ![D365 product in Content Hub product details page](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/ch/en/users/content-hub/images/d365_product_in_content_hub_product_details_page.png)