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Prepare a Product metaphor

The steps in this section explain how to prepare a Product Comparison metaphor or a Product Exploration metaphor for a category.

Procedure

1. Create an XML input file
   

2. To build a Product Explorer metaphor within a category, type the following: <productExplorer> </productExplorer> To build a Product Comparison metaphor within a category, type the following: <productComparer> </productComparer>

3. Insert a template element between the metaphor begin and end tags to specify the JSP page that the metaphor will be based upon. The template element will look similar to the following: <template>pe51.jsp</template> Where pe51.jsp would be replaced by the path and file name for some JSP that you have created for this purpose.

4. Place the following elements between the metaphor begin and end tags, but after the template element for each feature you want to update:

   <feature>
   <columnName></columnName> 
   <order></order> 
   <display></display> 
   <widget></widget>
   </feature>
   

   The widget element only applies to Product Explorer metaphors. For information about the content for these tags, refer to the following topics:

   • Changing the columnName setting

   • Changing the order # setting

   • Changing the display setting

   • Changing the sort setting

   • Changing the widget setting for Product Exploration metaphors

5. Save the XML file.

6. Update the production server by importing the updated XML file.

• Changing the columnName setting
  The steps in this section explain how to change the column that the search uses as an index.

• Changing the order setting
  The steps in this section explain how to change the order in which different features are displayed.

• Changing the display setting
  The steps in this section explain how to change the display attribute of a feature.

• Changing the sort setting
  This steps in this section explain how to change the sequence in which the feature values display.

• Changing the widget setting for Product Exploration metaphors
  To change how the customer selects the desired values for feature attributes:

Related concepts

Product Exploration metaphor

Product Comparison metaphor

Related tasks

Update the metaphor settings

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