Work with catalog entries
The Category Manager manages catalog entries in the store including, products, bundles, kits, and SKUs.
- Finding catalog entries
You can find a catalog entry by browsing or using a simple or advanced search. All searching in the catalogs tool is case sensitive.- Determine whether a category or catalog entry belongs to the catalog asset store
If you are using the extended sites model, you might want to find out which master catalog categories and catalog entries belong to the asset store. Depending on what store the category or catalog entry belongs, the location of the entries can impact how you can manage those entries. For example, your role access might restrict your ability to manage entries in the asset store.- Change the parent category of a catalog entry
You might want to change the parent category of a catalog entry in the master catalog to a new category. For example, you might create a new category that better defines the catalog entry.- Sequencing catalog entries
If you want to change the order catalog entries are displayed on your site, you can change their display sequence. Numbers are displayed in ascending order for example, if you assign a sequence number of one, that catalog entry is shown first in the storefront.- Add unassigned catalog entries to the master catalog
Unassigned catalog entries, are products, SKUs, bundles or kits that do not belong to any category. When you are adding many catalog entries, you can initially put them in an unassigned category to save time, and then add them to the master catalog at a later date.- Listing catalog entries in a category
You can see all of the catalog entries in a category by opening the list view. This enables you to make many changes to catalog entries without having to open the properties view of each entry.- View associated assets
You can view assets that are associated with a sales catalog, category, or catalog entry in the Catalogs tool.- View attachment details
You can view existing attachments that are associated with a sales catalog, category, or catalog entry and the list of files or URLs it contains, all within the Catalogs tool.- Finding and associating assets
You can find and associate assets such as files, URLs or existing attachments to categories, sales catalogs, and catalog entries, all within the Catalogs tool. This enables you to complete activities without switching tools.- Deleting associated assets
You can delete associated assets from sales catalogs, categories, and catalog entries in the Catalogs tool.- Finding attribute dictionary catalog entry attributes
If you have loaded the attribute dictionary into WebSphere Commerce, you can view the attribute dictionary attributes assigned to any catalog entry.
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