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The information contained in this section applies to WebSphere Commerce Version 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in a newer section.WebSphere Commerce is a single, unified e-commerce platform that offers the ability to do business directly with consumers (B2C), directly with businesses (B2B), and indirectly through channel partners (indirect business models). WebSphere Commerce is designed to be a customizable, scalable, and high availability solution that is built to leverage open standards. It provides easy-to-use tools for business users to centrally manage a cross-channel strategy. Business users can create and manage precision marketing campaigns, promotions, catalog, and merchandising across all sales channels.
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).
Workspace Management tool
You can use the Workspace Management tool in Management Center to manage and edit workspaces and its tasks and task groups that you are authorized to work with.
Managing roles in workspaces, task groups, and tasks
Workspace managers, task group approvers, and content contributors can only perform tasks associated with their role.
Managing workspaces
You can only perform tasks associated with your role in workspaces.
Creating workspace templates
You can create workspaces with the specific purpose of serving as templates for new workspaces. In doing so, you can reuse its task groups and tasks for other workspaces.

Creating workspace templates

You can create workspaces with the specific purpose of serving as templates for new workspaces. In doing so, you can reuse its task groups and tasks for other workspaces.

Before you begin

Ensure that you are logged in to the Workspace Management tool as one of the following roles:

Workspace manager

Procedure

Open the Workspace Management tool.
Create a workspace.
Ensure that the workspace status remains as inactive, so that it remains open in the Workspace Management tool. That is, do not work on any of the task groups or tasks within this workspace template.
Create task groups in the workspace that can be reused for other workspaces.

Remember: Do not work on any task groups in this workspace template.
Create tasks in the task groups that can be reused for other workspaces.

Remember: Do not work on any tasks in this workspace template.

What to do next

After you create a workspace template, copy relevant task groups and tasks from your workspace template into other workspaces as needed.