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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.
Developing
The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.
Presentation layer
WebSphere Commerce uses Java Server Pages (JSP) to implement the view layer of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. The view layer is in charge of retrieving data from the database through the use of data beans and formatting it to meet the display requirements. The view layers determines whether the request is sent to a browser or streamed out as XML. JSP files present a clean separation between data content and presentation.
Customizing marketing
Working with Product Advisor
Creating a metaphor XML input file
Create an XML input file to specify which store's metaphors you want to build, update, or delete with the create metaphor scheduler command.
Preparing metaphors
To use the Product Advisor, prepare a search space, and then create any or all of the three types of shopping metaphors that your customers can use.

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Preparing metaphors

To use the Product Advisor, prepare a search space, and then create any or all of the three types of shopping metaphors that your customers can use.

About this task

The following outlines the steps:

Create a Product Advisor search space. This step is optional if you are creating a Guided Sell metaphor. However, if you want to create links from your answers in the Guided Sell metaphor to a list of matching products, you must prepare a search space for the target category.
Select one or more of the following: