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IBM Management Center for WebSphere Commerce

The IBM Management Center for WebSphere Commerce, or Management Center, is a suite of tools to support store management, merchandising and marketing tasks for business users (Sellers, Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Catalog Managers and others).

Other business user roles, such as Customer Service Representatives, use WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to perform business operations, such as managing stores, inventory, fulfillment, orders, returns, payments, and auctions.

Access the tools from the Management Center menu:

Each tool displays in its own tab within the Management Center:

To switch between each tool, click the appropriate tab.

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Manage catalogs and merchandise	Catalogs tool Create and manage master and sales catalogs, including defining categories, creating products and SKUs, categorizing SKUs, and bundling SKUs Enrich and manage product content, and create merchandising associations Create, restore, view, and delete versions of catalog objects (sales catalog, category, and catalog entries).
Manage promotions	Promotions tool Create and manage promotions for the merchandise Review and manage promotions
Manage marketing campaigns	Marketing tool Design creative marketing campaigns containing Web and e-mail activities Create experiments to test the campaign activities' effectiveness Create and manage marketing content Define the flow of marketing activities Review and manage marketing activities
Manage assets	Assets tool Browse attachments, managed files, and managed directories Create, change, and delete attachments Create, change, and delete managed files Create and delete managed directories Upload files, such as product images and marketing content.
Managing installment rules	Installments tool Create installment rules to offer customers different installment payment options when they purchase items from the store catalog Review how installment rules are scheduled in relation to one another in a calendar tool Review the list of active and inactive installment rules Activate and deactivate installment rules Update installment rules Delete installment rules
Managing stores	Store Management tool Update store profile information such as the name or description of a store, contact information, store location, and supported languages and currencies. Change the style of a store, including the store layout and color. Specify the functions that are available in the store, such as which optional fields to display on store pages. View the changes in the store. Open or close a store.
Managing catalog filters, price lists, and price rules	Catalog Filter and Pricing tool Create, and manage catalog filters. Create and manage price lists and price rules. Upload catalog filters. Upload price lists.
Manage tasks	Tasks tool Manage content within a workspace by selecting tasks, managing content within tasks, adding comments, and approving or rejecting tasks Work on assigned tasks, complete tasks, and submit tasks for approval

• Plan to use Management Center
  

• Get started
  

• Management Center user interface
  The Management Center user interface provides a usable, intuitive, and efficient way to complete the business tasks.

• Use the Management Center
  The starting point for all Management Center tasks is to open the tooling. Afterward, you can use several methods to complete the task: by selecting menu options, by clicking toolbar buttons, by right-clicking and selecting context menus, or by keyboard shortcuts.

• Management Center keyboard shortcuts
  Use the Management Center keyboard shortcuts to access user interface functions or complete tasks, using a single key or combination of keys.

• Extended sites in Management Center
  You can perform tasks from an extended sites store within the Management Center. For example, you can create, edit, and view business objects that are owned by an extended sites store, as well as duplicate a read-only inherited business object onto a new extended sites business object. You can also view, edit, and delete business objects inherited from an asset store, and distinguish between business objects that are from the local store or are inherited from an asset store.

Related tasks

Enable the Management Center

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Enable Management Center marketing features

Use the Management Center

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Related reference

Management Center keyboard shortcuts

Migrate from WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to Management Center

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