Create a merchandising association

To create a merchandising association by associating one catalog entry to another:

1. Find a catalog entry for use in a merchandising association.

2. Select the source catalog entry.

   • If there are no merchandising associations formed with the catalog entry, then 0 is listed in the Targets column.

   • If any merchandising associations have already been formed with the source catalog entry, then the number of associations is displayed in the Targets column, and the details are listed in the Target Catalog Entry table.

3. Use one of the following methods to add catalog entries:

   1. Add catalog entries directly:

      1. If you know the catalog entry code, you can type it into the Code field.

      2. Click Add. The selected catalog entries will now be included in the merchandising association.

      3. You can add more than one code by separating each one with a comma.

   2. Search for catalog entries:

      1. From the Target Catalog Entry table, click Find Catalog Entries. The Pick List displays.

      2. Select which catalog entries you want to use as your target catalog entries for your merchandising association.
         

         If the Pick List table is empty or if you want to select different catalog entries, click Find, which will bring you to the Catalog Entry Search page. After entering your catalog entry search criteria, the search results will be displayed in the Pick List table.

      3. From the Pick List table, click Add to move your selected catalog entries to the Target Catalog Entry table.

4. For the target catalog entries, choose the type of merchandising association by doing the following:

   1. Select the Association: accessory, replacement, up-sell, or cross-sell. Any custom merchandising association types you created will also display.

   2. Select the Semantic identifier: requires, comes with, none, or temp. Any custom merchandising association semantics you created will also display.

   3. Add the number of catalog entries in the Quantity column for the merchandising association.

   4. Set the Date for the merchandising association.

5. Click Save.

If you have based your catalog on the Commerce Plaza starter store catalog, as part of the default behavior you need:

• to create an e-Marketing Spot that displays product information

• a Web activity scheduled for the e-Marketing Spot

before you can display the newly created merchandising association.

Related concepts

• Merchandising associations

• eSpots

Related tasks

• Change the type of merchandising association

• Deleting all common merchandising associations for selected catalog entries

• Deleting selected merchandising associations

• Deleting all merchandising associations