Management Center: Catalogs tool

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Catalogs tool

Use the Catalogs tool in Management Center to manage catalogs, categories, catalog entries, merchandising associations, product attributes and attachments in the store. The Catalogs tool lets business users create, and manage online catalogs. Catalogs provide a way of organizing the products to sell. You define catalog data in groups of categories and products. Catalog data contains descriptions and pricing information for products and services.
The following screen capture provides a quick look at the Catalogs tool. This view shows catalog entries in a category.

What you can do with the Catalogs tool

Here is a summary of tasks you can perform to create and manage catalogs for the site:

Tasks Details For more information
Browse, create, change, and delete categories (catalog groups) in the master catalog The Category Manager manages the category hierarchy by creating, modifying, and deleting categories. The category hierarchy organizes products or services offered by the store. Work with categories
Create, change, and delete catalog entries in the master catalog The Category Manager and Product Manager can organize bundles and kits in the catalog hierarchy, and create and change bundles and kits to determine the best way to sell them in the store. Work with catalog entries
Working with products
Working with SKUs
Working with bundles and kits
Create, change, sequence, and delete attributes and attribute values. The Product Manager is responsible for determining the best way to display, price, and sell products in the online store, including assigning or changing product attributes such as color or size. Work with attributes
Create, change, or delete sales catalogs The Category Manager manages the category hierarchy by creating, modifying, and deleting categories in sales catalogs. A sales catalog has a flexible display structure that can associate products to more than one category, to suit the requirements of the store. Work with sales catalogs
Create, change, and delete merchandising associations Product Managers find, list, create, and change merchandising associations (such as up-sells or cross-sells). Work with merchandising associations
View, find, browse and associate attachments to the catalog Assets are used in all areas of Web applications. An asset is additional material that you can send in an e-mail, a request, or a detailed product specification. Assets can be images files, text files, or documents. In the Catalogs tool, you can associate files, URLs, or existing attachments with a sales catalog, categories, or catalog entries with a specified usage. Work with assets in the Catalogs tool
International Create international catalogs. Create multilingual and multicurrency master and sales catalogs.

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Map between the catalogs tool in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Management Center

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Tasks	Details	For more information
Browse, create, change, and delete categories (catalog groups) in the master catalog	The Category Manager manages the category hierarchy by creating, modifying, and deleting categories. The category hierarchy organizes products or services offered by the store.	Work with categories
Create, change, and delete catalog entries in the master catalog	The Category Manager and Product Manager can organize bundles and kits in the catalog hierarchy, and create and change bundles and kits to determine the best way to sell them in the store.	Work with catalog entries Working with products Working with SKUs Working with bundles and kits
Create, change, sequence, and delete attributes and attribute values.	The Product Manager is responsible for determining the best way to display, price, and sell products in the online store, including assigning or changing product attributes such as color or size.	Work with attributes
Create, change, or delete sales catalogs	The Category Manager manages the category hierarchy by creating, modifying, and deleting categories in sales catalogs. A sales catalog has a flexible display structure that can associate products to more than one category, to suit the requirements of the store.	Work with sales catalogs
Create, change, and delete merchandising associations	Product Managers find, list, create, and change merchandising associations (such as up-sells or cross-sells).	Work with merchandising associations
View, find, browse and associate attachments to the catalog	Assets are used in all areas of Web applications. An asset is additional material that you can send in an e-mail, a request, or a detailed product specification. Assets can be images files, text files, or documents. In the Catalogs tool, you can associate files, URLs, or existing attachments with a sales catalog, categories, or catalog entries with a specified usage.	Work with assets in the Catalogs tool
International	Create international catalogs. Create multilingual and multicurrency master and sales catalogs.