Creating Site Terms in the Profiles Resource

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You can use the Profiles resource to add new site terms to Commerce Server. You can also perform this task using the Site Terms Editor module in Commerce Server Business Desk. For information about adding a site term in Commerce Server Business Desk, see Adding a Site Term.

When you add a new site term to Commerce Server, you define values, called terms, for the site term. You use site terms to list specific values for a profile property. After you create a site term, you can assign it as the value of a profile property.

For example, you create a Favorite color site term with the values blue, green, and purple. Then, you define a "favorite color" profile property with the type "site term", and assign the Favorite color site term to it. When users select a color for the favorite color property, they are limited to the choices of blue, green, and purple. You use the site terms editor screen in the Profiles resource to add new site terms.

You can create site term groups to help you organize site terms in the site terms editor screen. For example, in addition to favorite color, you can create the following site terms with corresponding values and make them a site term group containing user preferences:

  • Brand (name brand, generic)
  • Quality (lowest price, best quality)
  • Purchase (online, catalog, in store)

To add a site term group

To add a site term

To add a site term group

  1. Expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, expand Profiles (<server name_database name>), and then click Site Terms.
  2. In the Properties list, which contains the site terms structure, click Add.
  3. In the Add – Web Page Dialog dialog box, select Add new group, and then click OK.
  4. In the Detailed Information pane, in the Attributes section, do the following:
    Use this To do this
    Name Type the programmatic name for the site term group. The name can contain a maximum of 128 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) symbol. The name cannot contain spaces.
    Display name Type the name you want displayed for the site term group. The display name can contain a maximum of 128 Unicode characters.
    Description Type a description for the site term group. The description can contain a maximum of 128 Unicode characters.
  5. Click Apply.
  6. To save the site terms group, click Save on the toolbar.

To add a site term

  1. Expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, expand Profiles (<server name_database name>), and then click Site Terms.
  2. In the Properties list, which contains the site terms structure, select the site term group in which you want to create the new site term, and then click Add.
  3. In the Add – Web Page Dialog dialog box, select the Add new site term option, and then click OK.
  4. In the Detailed Information pane, in the Site Term Attributes section, do the following:
    Use this To do this
    Name Type the programmatic name for the site term. The name can contain a maximum of 128 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) symbol. The name cannot contain spaces.
    Display Name Type the name you want displayed for the site term. The display name can contain a maximum of 128 Unicode characters.
    Description Type a description for the site term. The description can contain a maximum of 128 Unicode characters.
  5. To add a value to the site term, in the Terms section, click New, and then do the following:
    Use this To do this
    Term name Type the programmatic name for the first term. The name can contain a maximum of 128 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) symbol. The name cannot contain spaces, and the use of the double-byte character set format.
    Display name Type the name you want displayed for the term. The display name can contain a maximum of 128 Unicode characters.
  6. To accept the term, click Accept.
  7. To add an additional term to the site term, click New, type the term name and display name for the new term, click Accept, and then click Apply.
  8. To save the site terms, click Save Save on the toolbar.

The terms are saved with the new site term you created.

See Also

About the Profiles Resource

Adding a Property that Maps to a Site Term

Managing Site Terms in the Profiles Resource

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