Linking categories between catalogs

If you are creating or updating a sales catalog, you might want to link a category between the master catalog and your sales catalog. For example, a Winter Coats category in the master catalog could be linked with the Coats category in the Winter sales catalog. Linking helps to keep categories consistent. For example, when you add a product to the original category, the categories that are linked to the original category will also see the product that was added. Linking a category creates a reference to that category in the catalog to which it was linked. All subcategories and catalog entries in the category are also linked.

  1. Open the Catalogs tool.

  2. From the explorer filter, select Sales Catalog.

  3. Click the category you want to add a link to.

  4. From the File menu, click View > Show Utilities View or click

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  5. Find the category you want to link and click the category.

  6. Drag the category onto the list view. A dialog is displayed.

  7. In the dialog, click Link . A reference to the category is created in the sales catalog.

  8. Click Save and Close, or click Close.

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