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Master catalog
The master catalog is the central location to manage the store's merchandise and services. Everything you need in the store is contained within the master catalog. It is the single catalog containing all products, items, relationships, and prices for everything that can be sold in the store.
Every store in the WebSphere Commerce system must have a master catalog. Only one master catalog can exist at a time, and multiple stores can share a master catalog. In addition to creating a master catalog for the catalog management, you may also choose to create one or more sales catalogs for display purposes. A sales catalog may contain the same entries as the master catalog, but with a much more flexible structure for customer display purposes. You can have as many sales catalogs as you want.
Related concepts
IBM Management Center for WebSphere Commerce
Related tasks
Link categories between catalogs
Determine whether a sales catalog, category, or catalog entry belongs to the catalog asset store