I am trying to use usage as one of my report groups and would like the usage to automatically fill when selecting and item.
The usage has been worthless for me and I gave up on it since it does not have drop-downs. I would recommend making a custom property and you can do exactly what your after.
Or perhaps this is a suggestion that we can configure the usage field to make more relevant, since its at the top of the item box.....so it must be important......IDK... must be a thing to help pick material IDK???
Tho you can batch insert items and assign it to a list.

Thanks for the input, Kyle. I don't have usage as a column to choose for reason.

@Nik, currently the Usage column only exists for the Items, not for products. As a workaround, you could use a formula in the Usage column that references a custom property that applies to Items & Products.
In the future, we are planning to allow the user to customize which fields come over when they choose a product, and we could potentially add a usage field.
TY