Contribute content

In this lesson, you assume the role of the Content Contributor Joe who is assigned to work on the Product introductions task group. You use the Tasks tool in the Management Center to complete the work for the task group.

Note: The Workspace Administration Tool is deprecated. The Workspace Management tool replaces all of the workspace management features in the Workspace Administration Tool and the Tasks tool. If your site uses the Workspace Management tool, do not follow the steps that are contained within this tutorial. Instead, see Workspace Management tool.

About this task

The following Management Center images are based on a B2B store.

Procedure

Log on to the Management Center as user joe. Access Management Center at the following URL:

https://host_name:8000/lobtools
Where host_name is the fully qualified WebSphere Commerce web server host name.
Select the workspace task on which to work:
1. Select the To Do folder from the explorer view. A list of all active tasks that are assigned to you is displayed.
2. Right-click the Create product task.
3. In the context menu, click Work On. The status icon changes to Work in progress , and the Management Center changes from read-only mode to working mode.
Review any additional information that is provided about the task groups to which the task belongs:
1. Double-click the task in the list view, or right-click and select Open. The General Properties view of the task displays:
2. Click the Comments tab to view any comments.

Create a product in the master catalog:

In Management Center, open the Catalogs tool.
Select the B2B store.
From the File menu, click File > New > Product The Manage Product tab displays in the Product Properties view.

Enter the following information in the Product Properties view:

Expand the General Product Information section. Complete the following information:


Field	Description
Code	Type a unique code to identify the product: `cell_phone_123`.
Name	Type a name that is displayed in the store: `Coolest cell phone`
Short Description	Type a short description of the product: `Cell phone with pink chasis`.
Parent	Select a category under the Store Master Catalog. The new product is put in the catalog under the selected category.

Ignore the other fields. The fields are not needed for this tutorial.

Expand the Publishing section; then select the For purchase check box to indicate that customers can include the product in their shopping carts and order it. Ignore the other fields. The fields are not needed for this tutorial.
Expand the Display section; then select the Display to customers check box to indicate that customers can view this product in the storefront. Ignore the other fields. The fields are not needed for this tutorial.

Click Save and then click Close.

Find the new product:
1. Navigate to the Find area.
2. Type in the keyword cell_phone_123; then from the object list, click Products.
3. Click Search.
  
  The product displays in the Search Results view.
Update the new product with pricing information:
1. In the Search Results view, right-click the product; then in the context menu select Open.
  The Product Properties view displays.
2. Expand the Pricing section.
3. In the List Price table, click the USD field and type 19.99.
4. In the Offer Price table, click ; then enter 19.99 for the USD value.
5. Click Save and then click Close.
Update the new product with SKU information:
1. In the explorer view, right-click the product that you created in the Active Work folder; then select New Product-level SKU.
  
  The SKU properties view displays.
2. Enter coolest_phoneSKU for the Code.
3. Click Save and then click Close.
Complete the task:
1. Click the Tasks tab.
2. In the explorer view, click the To Do folder.
3. Right-click the task you were working on in the list view, then click Mark Complete in the context menu.
  
  The task status icon changes from work in progress to completed .
4. Let other users that are working on tasks in the same task group know about your changes by adding a comment:
  1. In the explorer view, click the Completed folder.
  2. In the list view, double-click the task that you completed.
  3. In the Comments tab, click . A new row is added to the Comments table.
  4. Select the new row and type in the following comment:
    Created new product and SKU for cell phone product. Also added price information.
  5. Click Save and then click Close.
Note: Joe would now go on to complete the next task. For the interest of this tutorial, assume that the task is complete. In the list view, right-click the Add product collateral task; then click Mark Complete.
Log out of the Management Center.