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2.6.6 Adaptor for CrossWorld

The adapter for CrossWorlds, introduced in WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.4, offers a new mechanism to extend WebSphere Commerce business integration with the InterChange Server (ICS).

2.6.7 Catalog and product management

Catalog and product management tools provide online catalog navigation, merchandising features, interest lists and search capabilities. The following section describes more in detail the new utilities included in WebSphere Commerce V5.6.

Catalog import

This utility makes it quick and easy for customers to import a new or pre-existing product catalog, stored in a spreadsheet in comma-separated values (CSV) format, into the WebSphere Commerce database.

Catalog filtering

You can create unique catalog views for different customer groups using contracts and product sets. Or, in Business Edition, you can use the Catalog Filter to exclude any of the products or categories in a master catalog that you do not want to sell at one or some of your specific store.

Master and Navigational catalog

The master catalog is the central tool for managing your store’s merchandise. This is the single catalog containing all products, items, and standard pricing for each. Every store must contain one master catalog. With one master catalog you can create various navigational catalog to provide a different catalog navigation experience to the customers.

Classification of catalog entries

Catalog entries can now be classified as products, items, packages, bundles and dynamic kits.

Items and products

An item is a tangible unit of merchandise that has a specific name, part number, and price.

A product, however, is a group of items that exhibit the same attributes. Once all the attributes of a product have been assigned values, i.e. a product is fully resolved, it refers to an item

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IBM SG24-6320-00 manual Adaptor for CrossWorld, Catalog and product management