You can reapply the currently saved
rule for a rule-based sales category at any time to update the catalog
entries that are assigned to the category.
When you reapply
the rule, you replace the catalog entries that are currently assigned
to the category with the catalog entries that currently best match
the defined rule. For more information about defining the rule for
assigning catalog entries to a rule-based sales category, see
Defining the rule for assigning catalog entries to a rule-based sales category.
Note: You can request
that an administrator configure rule-based sales category to automatically
reapply the rule after a configured interval of time elapses. By having
an administrator enable this behavior, you do not need to manually
reapply the rule in the Catalogs tool to keep a rule-based sales category
updated. For more information about configuring the
evaluationTimeInterval
property,
see
Enabling rule-based sales categories.
Procedure
- Open the Catalogs tool.
- Select your store from the Select Store list
- From the explorer filter, select Sales Catalog
Categories.
- Optional: Check the last time that the rule
was applied to determine whether you need to reapply the rule.
- From the explorer view, right-click the rule-based sales
category. Click Open.
The
properties view for the rule-based sales category displays.
- Click the Rule tab.
- In the Assigned catalog entries section,
view the time stamp for the Last time that the rule was
applied field.
- From the explorer view, right-click the rule-based sales
category that you want to update. Click Reapply Rule.
Note: If you want to view the catalog entries that match the
rule before you reapply the rule, click Find sample catalog
entries in the Search conditions for finding
catalog entries to automatically assign to this category section
of the properties view.
- Optional: Preview your rule-based sales category.
- From the explorer view, right-click the rule-based sales
category. Click Open.
- Complete one of the following tasks
- In the toolbar, click the Open Store Preview Dialog button.
- In the upper-right corner of the main work area, click Save
and Preview.
The store preview opens in a separate window. You can now view
how your category looks in your store. Ensure that you wait for the
search indexing process to complete before you view your category
to ensure that the category includes the updated catalog entry assignments.
- To close the preview, click the close button in the
upper-right corner of the preview window.
- Reload the properties view for the rule-based sales category
and view the list of catalog entries in the Assigned catalog
entries table and verify that the list is updated.