Business Desk Components

You use modules, the main components of Commerce Server Business Desk, to manage different aspects of your site. The following table lists the Business Desk modules and the categories that contain them, and describes the tasks you can do with each one.

Category Description
Analysis

Reports
Completed Reports
Segment Viewer

Run and review reports that represent your site activity, and perform predictive analysis. The Analysis modules come with a rich set of reports covering various aspects of your site.
Campaigns

Campaign Expressions
Campaign Manager
List Manager
Target Group
Reference Tables
Publish Campaigns

Create and schedule marketing campaigns. You add customer information and manage campaigns and campaign items. Examples of campaign items are advertising banners, direct mail jobs, and product discounts. Each campaign item can be targeted to specific users thereby creating a highly personalized site.
Catalogs

Catalog Designer
Catalog Editor
Catalog Sets

Import catalogs, create catalogs, add and price products. Create custom catalogs that contain special prices and are displayed only to certain users, for example, members of a club.
Orders

Basket Manager
Data Codes
Order Status
Publish Transactions
Shipping Methods
Tax Rates

Search the Commerce Server database for existing order information, and add, delete, approve, and change order information. Add, delete, and change shipping rates and tax rates.
Users

Users
Organizations
Profile Designer
Site Terms Editor
Publish Profiles

Create and change users, organizations, and profiles. Create and change site terms.

See Also

Updating Your Web Site with Business Desk

Commerce Server Configuration and Business Desk

Using BizTalk Server

Business Desk Basics

What to do First


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