Configure PXM Shopper Catalogs

A catalog can have one or more hierarchies of products. The hierarchies contain all the products that you want to display in your organization or store. The products that are included in the catalog:

• have a live status.
• are associated with nodes in the selected hierarchies.

A catalog must have one price book associated with it.

When you publish a catalog, the live products in the hierarchies appear in a catalog release. A catalog release provides a snapshot of product information taken at the time of publication. You can have one or more catalog releases available in your store. If you have more than one catalog published for your store, use catalog rules to specify when to display each catalog.

You can create multiple price books for different scenarios, such as seasonal sales, business versus retail customer pricing, and reward programs. You can configure your catalog to have up to 5 price books. If you have multiple price books, you must specify a priority for your price books. Product prices are displayed in the catalog according to the priority of the price books. Priority is a number and the price book with the highest number has the highest priority.

You can create multiple price books for different scenarios, such as seasonal sales, business versus retail customer pricing, and reward programs. You can configure your catalog to have up to 5 price books. If you have multiple price books, you must specify a priority for your price books. Product prices are displayed in the catalog according to the priority of the price books. Priority is a number and the price book with the highest number has the highest priority.

If you make any changes to the hierarchies, the products in a hierarchy, or the price book, republish the affected catalogs to capture the changes. The changes do not appear in the store unless the catalog is published.

Create the hierarchies and price book you want to use in the catalog.

1. In the Product Experience Manager > Catalogs page, click Add Catalog.

2. In the Name field, enter a name for the catalog.

3. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a description for the catalog.

4. In the hierarchy field, select the hierarchies you want to add to the catalog. You can add more than one hierarchy to a catalog.

5. In Price Books, select a price book.

   You cannot create a catalog without a price book.

6. (Optional) Your catalog can have up to 5 price books. This is useful, for example, if you want price books for seasonal sales, reward programs or different pricing for business and retail customers. Click Add another Price Book.

7. If you have multiple price books, you must specify a priority for your price books. Product prices are displayed in the catalog according to the priority of the price books. Enter the order of your price books in Priority, where the price book with the highest priority is listed first. You can specify any numbers that you want. For example, 1, 2, 3 or 100, 90, 80, and so on.

8. Select the additional price book you want your catalog to use.

9. Repeat steps 6-8 for each price book you want to add.

   

10. Click Save.

You must not publish a catalog before creating the catalog with the required settings. After publish, a catalog release is created, which is displays the products in the storefront.

1. In the Product Experience Manager > Catalogs page, double-click a catalog.
2. Ensure that all required configurations are made.
3. Click Publish.

You can also click the ... icon in the catalog listing and click Publish to publish a catalog.

If you make changes to a catalog, you must republish the catalog for the changes to appear in the store front. For example, you might make a change to a product or hierarchy.

1. In the Product Experience Manager > Catalogs page, select a catalog. The Edit Catalog tab is displayed.

2. Edit the Basic Information, Depending on your requirements.

3. Select Products List to see a list of products displayed in this catalog. You can filter the products. For example, if you are editing a product description, you can filter using the SKU, Product Name or Product Status.

4. Select the product you want to edit.

5. To manage your catalog releases, select Edit Catalog > Releases. The latest release and the two releases prior to the latest release are displayed.

6. Select Release Details to view the release details. The Release Details tab is displayed.

7. Select Products List to see a list of products displayed in the catalog. You can only edit existing products or add a new product if it is associated with the hierarchy displayed in the catalog.

8. Select Hierarchies List to see a list of hierarchies displayed in the catalog. You can only edit the existing hierarchies, you cannot associate a new hierarchy with a catalog release.

9. Once you have finished making the required changes, do one of the following:

   • If you do not want to publish the changes, click Save.
   • To publish the changes to the catalog release, click Edit Catalog and select Publish.

When you delete a catalog, the catalog configuration and all its releases are deleted. The hierarchies, products, and price book remain in the database. If the catalog is associated with any catalog rules, you must first update the catalog rules to remove the catalog.

1. To delete a catalog, in the Product Experience Manager > Catalogs page, click the ... icon in the catalog listing beside the catalog you want to delete and click Delete.
2. To delete more than one catalog, select the checkbox in the catalog listings beside the catalogs that you want to delete and click Actions > Delete.

1. To delete a catalog release, select the catalog whose catalog release you want to delete. The Edit Catalog tab is displayed.
2. Select Releases. The latest release and the two releases prior to the latest release are displayed.
3. Select Delete on the release you want to delete. You are prompted to confirm you want to delete the release.
4. Select Delete to close the dialog and delete the catalog release.

• Configuring Catalogs & Catalog Rules in Commerce Manager