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# Set up prep stations

> Create stations, route products by type or collection, and pin specific products with overrides.

Prep stations split your board so each spot on the floor sees only its own work. This page covers setting them up. For the concept, see [Prep stations](/concepts/prep-stations).

<Note>
  Prep stations are available on the **Advanced** and **Professional** plans. See [Plans & pricing](/billing/plans).
</Note>

## 1. Turn stations on

Enable prep stations during [onboarding](/getting-started/onboarding) or later in [Settings](/config/settings). Once on, a **Stations** area appears where you manage everything below.

## 2. Create your stations

Add a station for each spot on the floor — "Cold bench," "Oven," "Packing." You can add, rename, and delete stations at any time. Each station shows how many rules and overrides point to it.

## 3. Choose how products route

Dashprep routes each line item to a station using a grouping you pick:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Group by product type" icon="tags">
    Assign each Shopify **product type** to a station. Good when your products are typed clearly (Bread, Pastry, Drinks).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Group by collection" icon="folder">
    Assign each Shopify **collection** to a station. Good when collections already reflect how you make things.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Pick **one** grouping mode — type or collection — then map each group to a station with a dropdown.

## 4. Add product overrides (optional)

Need one product to go somewhere different? Add a **product override** to pin that specific product to a specific station.

<Warning>
  Overrides always win. If a product has an override, it goes to that station even if a type or collection rule would send it elsewhere.
</Warning>

## The routing order

<Steps>
  <Step title="Product override">
    If the product is pinned to a station, it goes there. Done.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type or collection rule">
    Otherwise, it follows your grouping (by product type or by collection).
  </Step>
</Steps>

On the board, station filters then let each screen show just one station's items. See [Filtering & search](/board/filtering-and-search).