Data Object Folder Hierarchy - Best Practices

[cancan101]

I am looking for advice as to best practices for organizing my the folder hierarchy of Data Objects.

Let's say I have to classes: Item and ConversionFactor, with a many-to-one from ConversionFactor to Item (i.e. the conversion factor represents an item specific conversion factor, such as from Cases to Pallets).

I am considering two ways to organize my data:

1. with the ConversionFactor nested under the respective Item
2. with Item and ConversionFactor stored in a parallel folder hierarchies

What is the generally recommended approach in Pimcore and what are the pros / cons of the two options.

Option 1 would look like:

• Items/ [folder]
  • SKU-123/ [item]
    • CA-> EA [factor]
    • CA -> PL [factor]
  • SKU-456/ [item]
    • CA-> EA [factor]
    • CA -> PL [factor]

Option 2 would look like:

• Items/ [folder]
  • SKU-123 [item]
  • SKU-456 [item]
• Factors/ [folder]
  • SKU-123/ [folder]
    • CA-> EA [factor]
    • CA -> PL [factor]
  • SKU-456/ [folder]
    • CA-> EA [factor]
    • CA -> PL [factor]