Adding a Catalog Product Definition

A product definition specifies the properties for a particular type of product. For example, an online music retailer would create a product definition for the product Compact Discs. The product definition would contain the following properties: Artist, Title, and List Price.

Notes

• The list price property is automatically included in each product definition.
• Do not add as a product variant property any properties that will be used as product IDs.

To add a product definition to a catalog definition

1. Verify that you have already created the property definitions that you want to add to your product definition. For more information about creating property definitions, see Adding a Catalog Property Definition.

2. In Catalogs, click Catalog Definition Designer.

3. In the Catalog Definition Designer: Category Definitions screen, click on the toolbar, and then select ProductDefinitions from the drop-down list.

4. In the Catalog Definition Designer: Product Definitions screen, click on the toolbar.

5. In the Product Definition: New screen, in the Name box, type a name for the new product definition.

6. In the Product Properties section, select the property or properties you want for the new product definition from the list of Available Properties, and then click Add.

   Note

   • You cannot remove the assigned properties that are highlighted in yellow. These are properties that have the Assign to all product types attribute.

7. If the new product has variants, in the Product Variant Properties section, select the property or properties you want from the Available Properties list, and then click Add.

   Note

   • Do not add as a product variant property any properties that will be used as product IDs.

8. To change the order of the properties, select the property you want to move, and then click either Move Up or Move Down until the property is in the position you want.

   The order in which the properties appear in the Assigned Properties box is also the order in which the properties are displayed in the catalog.

9. To save the product definition and return to the Catalog Definition Designer: Product Definition screen, click on the toolbar.

After you have created your property definitions, product definitions, and category definitions, you can create a catalog and add categories and products to it. For instructions, see Creating a Base Catalog.

See Also

Adding a Catalog Property Definition

Adding a Catalog Category Definition

Creating a Base Catalog

Adding a Product to a Catalog

Adding a Category to a Catalog

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