Catalog creation and maintenance options (Enterprise)

WebSphere Commerce allows you to work with catalogs to manage the categories, products, SKUs, kits, and bundles. You have two options when working with your catalog:

• Using the Product Management tools to change the product, SKU, or prebuilt kit price to a fixed value.
• Using the Catalog Filter to apply a fixed value or percentage price adjustment to a category of products or to kits.

 

Manage catalogs using the Product Management tools

If you want to use a master catalog, use the Product Management tools within the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. For a master catalog, use these tools to view the catalog entries in your store's master catalog, and add a fixed price adjustment to any product, SKU, kit, or bundle. For a newly created catalog, use these tools to edit all aspects of the catalog, including adding and removing catalog entries.

You can also use the Product Management dynamic table, which allows you to update your catalog entry information directly.

To change the price of a product, SKU, or prebuilt kit to a fixed value, choose one of the following:

• Changing the price of a product
• Changing the price of a SKU
• Changing the price of a prebuilt kit

 

Filter catalogs using the Catalog Filter

You can access the Catalog Filter from within the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. Use the Catalog Filter on consumer direct stores, B2B contracts, and hosting contracts. You can filter the catalog to a specific set of users and exclude any products in the master catalog that you do not want to sell at your store. .

You can also use the Catalog Filter to apply a markup or markdown price by fixed or percentage price.

To access the Catalog Filter, by doing one of the following:

1. Open the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
2. From theSales menu, click Accounts for a list of business accounts currently defined for the selected store.
3. Select the check box to the left of the business account that has the contract you want to change and click Contracts. The Contract List page displays, containing contracts currently defined for the selected business account.
4. Select the check box to the left of the contract that you want to work with. Click New Contract or Change. This will launch the Contract notebook.
5. From the left navigation, select Catalog Filter.

Related concepts

• Product Management tools

Related tasks

• Add a product
• Add a category
• Generating SKUs for a product
• Add a defining attribute
• Selecting products to sell in an extended site store

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