Importing a Catalog and Performing Free Text and Specification Searches

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You use the Catalog Editor module to work with categories and catalogs. You can create, modify, and delete categories and catalogs. You can also use the Catalog Editor module to import catalogs. You can import a catalog from either an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file or a comma-separated value (.csv) file.

In this lab, you will import an XML catalog file. Then you will visit the site and perform both a free text search and a specification search to display products, product families, and product families with variants that have searchable properties that match your search criteria. After you find a product that matches your search criteria, you will add it to your shopping basket.

To copy the XML catalog files to the Catalogs folder

  1. Copy the Hardwarefull.xml file in the \Tutorial folder at the root of the CDROM to the <drive:>\Inetpub\wwwroot\RetailBizDesk\Catalogs folder.

  2. Copy the Booksfull.xml file in the \Tutorial folder at the root of the CDROM to the <drive:>\Inetpub\wwwroot\RetailBizDesk\Catalogs folder.

To import the Hardwarefull.xml catalog file

  1. In Catalogs, click Catalog Editor.

  2. In the Catalog Editor screen, click Import on the toolbar, and then select Import XML from the drop-down list.

  3. In the Import XML Catalog dialog box, do the following:

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    File name Type <drive>:\Inetpub\wwwroot\RetailBizDesk\Catalogs\hardwarefull.xml.
    Delete any existing catalog data Verify that this check box is not selected.

  4. Click OK.

  5. In the Business Desk: Import XML Catalog dialog box, click OK.

The Hardware catalog is imported and available on the Retail site.

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  • The catalog does not yet appear in the Name box in the Catalog Editor.

To import the Booksfull.xml catalog file

  1. In the Catalog Editor screen, click Import on the toolbar, and then select Import XML from the drop-down list.

  2. In the Import XML Catalog dialog box, do the following:

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    File name Type <drive:>\Inetpub\wwwroot\RetailBizDesk\Catalogs\Booksfull.xml.
    Delete any existing catalog data Verify that this check box is not selected.

  3. Click OK.

  4. In the Business Desk: Import XML Catalog dialog box, click OK.

The Books catalog is imported and available on the Retail site.

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  • The catalog does not yet appear in the Name box in the Catalog Editor.

    Use the Catalog Editor module to refresh and publish a catalog on your Web site. You will have to refresh and publish your catalog whenever you make any change in order to ensure that changes are reflected on your Web site.

To refresh and publish the catalog

  1. In Catalogs, click Catalog Editor.

  2. In the Catalog Editor screen, click Publish a catalog on the toolbar.

The catalog is updated and published on the Web site.

To perform a free text search

  1. To open the Retail site, in Internet Explorer type http://<computername>/retail on the Address line.

  2. In the Product Search box, type book, and then click Search.

    The Search Results screen appears with the items matching your search criteria, including:

    • Products having a variant that has a searchable property that matches the search criteria.

    • A product family, containing The Road Ahead that matches the searchable criteria.

    • A product category that has searchable product property descriptions that match the search criteria.

  1. Click the Advanced search link.

    The Advanced Search screen appears containing the Hardware and Books catalogs.

  2. Under the Hardware catalog, click Mice.

    The message Number of matches found so far: 7 is displayed.

  3. To narrow your search criteria, in the Advanced Search screen, do the following:

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    Cordless Select Yes.
    OS Select Win 9x.
    ScrollWheel Select Yes.

  4. Click Search.

    The message Number of matches returned: 1 is displayed.

Your search criteria has narrowed down the results to one match, the Microsoft® Cordless Wheel Mouse.

To display product variants

  1. Click Microsoft® Cordless Wheel Mouse.

    Scroll down to the list of variations. The product is displayed with two variations. You can choose to add either of the variations to your shopping basket.

  2. Select the second variant Color: White, SKU: C5700001w, List Price $44.95.

  3. Click Add to Basket, and then click Check-out.

  4. In the Ship-to address form, do the following:

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    First Name Type Amy.
    Last Name Type Jones.
    Address 1 Type One Microsoft Way.
    City Type Redmond.
    State Select Washington from the drop-down list.
    Zip Code Type 98052.

  5. Click Submit.

  6. On the Shipping options screen, click Check-out.

  7. On the Order summary screen, click Check-out.

  8. On the Credit card screen, do the following:

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    Expiration Month Select March from the drop-down calendar.
    Expiration Year Select 2003 from the drop-down calendar.

  9. Click Submit.

    The Order Confirmation screen is displayed with the order number.

  10. Close the browser window.


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