Displaying SKUs when using the Edit Catalog Entries functionality

By default, when you select a category in the sales catalog design tooling and use the Edit Catalog Entries functionality, the SKUs are filtered out. If you want to display the SKUs, then do the following:

1. Go to the following directory:

   WC_profiledir/xml/tools/common

2. Make a copy of resources.xml in a separate directory.

3. Make a copy of the CommerceAccelerator.xml file from the directory relevant to the business model you are using, in a separate directory.

   This file should never be directly modified. For more information, refer to XML configuration directory.

4. Open the temporary copy of the CommerceAccelerator.xml file in a text editor.

5. Locate the following section:

   <node name="CatalogDesign"
   component="CatalogDesign" 
   url="/webapp/wcs/tools/servlet/NavCatCatalogListDialog?displayNumberOfProducts=true
           &amp;extendedFunction=(categoryTemplate=false,
   masterCatalog=false, sku=false)" 
   users="catMgr makMgr podMgr seller"/>
   

   and modify it to set sku=true such that the section looks similar to the following:

   <node name="CatalogDesign"
   component="CatalogDesign" 
   url="/webapp/wcs/tools/servlet/NavCatCatalogListDialog?displayNumberOfProducts=true
           &amp;extendedFunction=(categoryTemplate=false,
   masterCatalog=true, sku=true)" 
   users="catMgr makMgr podMgr seller"/>
   

6. Save your changes.

7. Update the copy of resources.xml to point to your customized copy of the CommerceAccelerator.xml file.

8. Update WebSphere Commerce with the updated files. See the Updating applications topic in the WebSphere Application Server Information Center for instructions. Ensure that you follow the instructions for updating as a partial application zip.

   You will need the following information:

   Enterprise application name

   WC_enterpise_application

   Relative path to file

   xml/tools/common/ original_file_name

9. Restart the WebSphere Commerce Server.

After the changes take effect, the SKUs will display when you use the "Edit Catalog Entries" functionality.

Related concepts

Sales catalogs

Related tasks

Edit Catalog Entries
Listing catalog entries in a category
Designing a sales catalog