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# Product

## What is a Product?

A product defines the fields in the database, the dashboard, the payload decoders, encoders for downlinks and product-specific settings, such as LoRaWAN network provider or other information concerning integrations.

Each device created on Datacake belongs to a Product. Thus, the device inherits the number of fields, the specific downlinks, decoders and other settings during adding or creation.

TL;DR. A product defines:

* Database Fields
* Dashboard
* Payload Decoder
* Downlinks

A device inherits and overrides these settings and/or overwrites (or stores data into the database fields).

### Structure

According to the above description, the Product-Device structure in Datacake is as follows:

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### What are the benefits of using Products?

With a product you define properties that you can apply to all devices that belong to that product. You can consider products as a kind of template that defines the functions, properties and other things.

Thus, a product makes it easier to work with devices in large numbers.