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Open Management Center tools
Execute catalog, promotion, marketing, assets, or workspace tasks using the tools within the Management Center.
To open a Management Center tool:
Procedure
- Open the Management Center.
- If you are working in a workspace-enabled environment, the Management Center is read-only for the current user. Before you can work in the Catalogs, Marketing, Promotions, or Asset tools, complete one of the following steps in the Tasks tool:
- Choose to work on tasks that are inside a workspace.
- Choose to work on approved content within a workspace.
The Tasks tool tool is only visible if workspaces are enabled and is open by default to display the assigned tasks.
- Depending on whether you have already accessed or used the tool during this session:
- If the tool is not already open, from the Management Center menu select the tool name, for example, Catalogs, Marketing, Promotions, Assets, or Tasks.
- If the tool is already open, a tab for it is displayed in the main work area. Click the tab for the tool; for example, select Catalogs, Marketing, Promotions, Assets, or Tasks.
What to do next
After you open any of the Management Center tools, except for the Tasks tool:
- If you are authorized to only work with one store, that store is selected by default.
- If you do not have a default store specified in the Management Center preferences, from the Store list, select the store that to manage using the selected tool.
To close a tool, close its tab by selecting the X next to the tab name.
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