Assigning a catalog filter to a contract: B2B stores

By using HCL Commerce Accelerator, you can assign a catalog filter to the following types of contracts in the B2B store and B2B extended sites business models: a customer contract, a base contract, and the base for default contract for the storefront asset store.

Before you begin

To learn more about assigning catalog filters to contracts for different business models, read Catalog filter assignment and contracts.
Ensure that the contract you want to assign the catalog filter to exists. To create a contract, see Creating contracts.

Procedure

Open HCL Commerce Accelerator.
Click Sales > Accounts.
Select the check box to the left of the business account that has the contract you want to assign the catalog filter to, and then click Contracts.
Select the check box to the left of the target contract, and then click Update Extended TC.
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 contract. The new catalog filter overrides any filtering that is set up in the HCL Commerce Accelerator Catalog Filter tool. When the contract is active, you can sign in to the store as a customer entitled to this contract and verify that the catalog entries that are shown on the storefront are according to the catalog filter you assigned.