Management Center: Mapping between the catalogs tool in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Management Center

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

There are several changes in behavior in the catalogs tool with the move to the Management Center. If you have previously used the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator for catalog management, this information will help you understand the key differences between managing the catalogs using WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Management Center.

Link and unlinking

Task WebSphere Commerce Accelerator behavior Management Center behavior What this means to you
A source category in a sales catalog can link to a target category in the sales catalog or the same sales catalog. A linked target category enables the source category to be synchronized so that changes are reflected in the source category. Not available. Can link to a target category in the master catalog. Navigate through a sales catalog to the master catalog categories leads you back to the master catalog. Any changes made to the linked master catalog category are reflected in the master catalog itself.
Categories that are linked can have the links removed. Unlinking is supported anywhere on a node in the catalog tree, such as at the subcategory or catalog entry level. Unlinking is only supported at the root node where the link was made. To unlink below the root node where the link was made, copy the tree from the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and only link where the tree must be synchronized.

Categories

Task WebSphere Commerce Accelerator behavior Management Center behavior What this means to you
Categories can contain SKUs. Categories do not contain SKUs. A master catalog has a hierarchy of products with SKUs. A master catalog has product-level and category-level SKUs. Category-level SKUs are only supported in non-available to promise(non-ATP) stores.
Category hierarchies can be copied. Copy an entire hierarchy of categories and products from a sales or master catalog to a sales catalog is supported. Only one level of a hierarchy can be copied at a time. To copy hierarchies of categories and products using the Management Center, copy one level at a time.
Categories within a catalog can be moved. You can move a category in the sales or master catalog. You can only move a category in the master catalog. Move a category in the sales catalog causes an exception, and results in an error being recorded in the error log. If this occurs, click File > Reload all; then close the application to clean up the user interface.

Catalog entries

Task WebSphere Commerce Accelerator behavior Management Center behavior What this means to you
Create SKUs. SKUs can be generated from a product after defining attributes are created with all possible values. SKUs cannot be generated. The Management Center does not require SKU generation as SKUs can be created quickly by copying from an existing SKU.

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Task	WebSphere Commerce Accelerator behavior	Management Center behavior	What this means to you
A source category in a sales catalog can link to a target category in the sales catalog or the same sales catalog. A linked target category enables the source category to be synchronized so that changes are reflected in the source category.	Not available.	Can link to a target category in the master catalog.	Navigate through a sales catalog to the master catalog categories leads you back to the master catalog. Any changes made to the linked master catalog category are reflected in the master catalog itself.
Categories that are linked can have the links removed.	Unlinking is supported anywhere on a node in the catalog tree, such as at the subcategory or catalog entry level.	Unlinking is only supported at the root node where the link was made.	To unlink below the root node where the link was made, copy the tree from the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and only link where the tree must be synchronized.

Task	WebSphere Commerce Accelerator behavior	Management Center behavior	What this means to you
Categories can contain SKUs.	Categories do not contain SKUs. A master catalog has a hierarchy of products with SKUs.	A master catalog has product-level and category-level SKUs.	Category-level SKUs are only supported in non-available to promise(non-ATP) stores.
Category hierarchies can be copied.	Copy an entire hierarchy of categories and products from a sales or master catalog to a sales catalog is supported.	Only one level of a hierarchy can be copied at a time.	To copy hierarchies of categories and products using the Management Center, copy one level at a time.
Categories within a catalog can be moved.	You can move a category in the sales or master catalog.	You can only move a category in the master catalog.	Move a category in the sales catalog causes an exception, and results in an error being recorded in the error log. If this occurs, click File > Reload all; then close the application to clean up the user interface.