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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Operating
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).
Catalog Filter and Pricing tool
Use the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool in Management Center to create and 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.
Working with catalog filters
Catalog filters can be managed by Sales Managers, Account Representatives, and Seller Administrators.
Using catalog filters
By creating catalog filters and assigning them to contracts, you can entitle subsets of your catalog to your customers. You can also use catalog filters in price rules to set pricing for different subsets of your catalog.
Assigning a catalog filter to a contract
To entitle different customers to a subset of your catalog on the storefront, you must assign a catalog filter to a contract using WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. This requirement applies to all business models (B2B direct stores, consumer direct stores, and extended site stores); however the assignment steps differ depending on the business model and the type of contract.
Consumer direct stores
Using WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, you can assign a catalog filter to the default contract for a consumer direct store. As a result, customers that are shopping on the store are entitled to the set of catalog entries that are defined in the assigned catalog filter.

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Assigning a catalog filter to a contract: consumer direct stores

Using WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, you can assign a catalog filter to the default contract for a consumer direct store. As a result, customers that are shopping on the store are entitled to the set of catalog entries that are defined in the assigned catalog filter.

For Base for Default Contract, you cannot use the following procedure because these default contracts are not viewable in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. Instead, you must edit the catalog filter name in the XML for the contract. For instructions, see Assigning a catalog filter by modifying the contract XML.

Before you begin

To learn more about assigning catalog filters to contracts for different business models, read Catalog filter assignment and contracts.

Procedure

Open the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
Click Merchandise > Catalog Filter and Price Rule.
On the Catalog Filter tab, select the catalog filter to assign to the contract in the Property Value column.
Click OK.

Results

The catalog filter is now assigned to the store contract. You can log on to the store and verify that the catalog entries that are shown on the storefront are according to the catalog filter you assigned.