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Catalog Filter and Pricing tool

Use the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool in Management Center to manage catalog filters, price lists, and price rules. Sellers, Sales Managers, and Account Representatives can use the tool's flexible features to implement catalog filtering and pricing strategies that meet the site's business needs over time. The following screen capture provides a quick look at some of the capabilities of the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool:

• 1 The left pane lists the types of catalog filter and pricing objects we can manage.

  Note: To see the Catalog Filters and Catalog Filter Uploads folders, WebSphere Commerce search must be enabled. A search index structure must be set up for a specific master catalog.

• 2 The right pane shows an example of how we can build a price rule by using a graphical editor called the Price Rule Builder.

Overview of the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool

Here is a summary of tasks we can perform in this tool:

Tasks	Details	For more information
Manage catalog filters	A catalog filter defines a subset of a master catalog. Learn how to filter the catalog to a specific set of catalog entries by using various filtering criteria.	Scenarios for creating catalog filters
Upload catalog filters	Upload catalog filters from a CSV (comma-separated value) format file or a compressed (.zip) file.	Catalog filter uploads
Create and manage price lists	Manage the two WebSphere Commerce default price lists: Offer Price and List Price. Create as many price lists as you need by using names that make sense for our business. Add, change, or delete price list entries for individual catalog entries.	Manage price lists
Upload and export price lists	Upload a new or revised price list from a CSV (comma-separated value) format file. Export a price list to a spreadsheet for easier editing, and then upload the revised price list to Management Center.	Uploading price lists
Manage price rules	Create price rules to set prices for catalog entries on the storefront. Perform simple or complex calculations in your price rules by using price equations and price constants.	Manage price rules

Roles that have access to the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool

Users with the following WebSphere Commerce roles have access to the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool:

• Seller

• Sales Manager

• Account Representative

Sales Managers and Account Representatives can access the Catalogs tool; however, they can change only the Offer price value for catalog entries. Sellers have full access to the Catalogs tool.

Pricing-related topics in IBM Knowledge Center use the term pricing manager. This term refers to Management Center users in any of these WebSphere Commerce roles.

Limitations

• We can use the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool in a workspace-enabled environment only when we are working on approved content. If we are working on a specific task, the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool is not available.

Related concepts
Catalog filtering
Catalog filter assignment and contracts
Catalog filter uploads
Catalog Filter and Pricing tool
Options for managing pricing

Related tasks
Manage catalog filters

Related reference
Attribute dictionary attribute and property conditions in catalog filters