Creating sales catalogs

In this lesson, you create three sales catalogs: a main sales catalog, a holiday sales catalog, and a spring fever sales catalog.

When you are creating the catalogs, you assign each catalog a unique code identifier; remember this code as it is used in later steps. WebSphere Commerce uses these code identifiers to create URLs that reference each sales catalog. With the separate URLs, you can set up a store to direct a shopper to a specific sales catalog. With this set up, all remaining store pages display that sales catalog until a new sales catalog is specified by using another URL reference.

Procedure

  1. Start WebSphere Commerce Developer
  2. Open the Catalogs tool.
    Select your stater store from the Select Store list.
  3. From the explorer filter, select Sales Catalog Categories.
  4. Click File > New > Sales Catalog.
    The New Sales Catalog properties view displays.
  5. Expand the General Catalog Information section. Enter the following information to create a new sales catalog:
    PropertyDescription
    Code The unique identifier for the catalog. Enter MainSalesCatalog for the sales catalog code. Do not include any spaces.
    Name The name of the sales catalog. Enter Main Sales Catalog for the sales catalog name.
    Short description A brief description of the sales catalog; enter Main sales catalog for the sales catalog short description.
    Long description A long description of the sales catalog; enter Main sales catalog for the sales catalog long description.
    Do not enter any value in other fields for this tutorial.
  6. Click Save; then click Close.
    The new catalog displays in the list of available catalogs.
  7. Add catalog entries to your new sales catalog by copying catalog entries from your starter store master catalog. For more information,
    1. In the explorer view, navigate to the MainSalesCatalog sales catalog. Right-click the sales catalog. Click New Sales Category
      The New Sales Category properties view displays.
    2. Expand the General Catalog Information section. Enter the information for the category.
      Use the following information as the values for your new category properties:
      Properties Description
      Code MainSalesCategory
      Name Main Sales Items
      Short description Sales category for MainSalesCatalog
      Long description Sales category for main sales catalog
    3. Click Save; then click Close.
    4. In the explorer view, click the MainSalesCategory sales category.
      The MainSalesCategory - Catalog Entries List displays.
    5. Search for the catalog entry you want to add, click Show utilities view to open the utilities view.
    6. Drag all of the catalog entries that you want in your category into the Catalog Entries List.
    7. Click the Save icon.
  8. Repeat steps 4 - 6 to create the Holiday and Spring Fever sales catalogs. Use the following information to replace the MainSalesCatalog information:
    Property Values for Holiday sales catalog Values for Spring Fever sales catalog
    Code HolidayCatalog SpringFeverCatalog
    Name Holiday Catalog Spring Fever Catalog
    Short description Holiday Sales Products Spring Fever Sales Products
    Long description Holiday products for special sales catalog references Spring Fever products for special sales catalog references
  9. Repeat step 7 to add catalog entries to your two new sales catalogs. Use the following information to create the main category for each new catalog:
    Header Values for Holiday sales catalog category Values for Spring Fever sales catalog category
    Code HolidayCategory SpringFeverCategory
    Name Holiday Items Spring Fever Items
    Short description Holiday Items Spring Fever Items
    Long description Holiday Items for special sales catalog references Spring Fever Items for special sales catalog references

Results

You created three new sales catalogs: a main sales catalog, a holiday sales catalog, and a spring fever sales catalog. In the next lesson, you will create URL references to link your new catalogs to a store view.