Catalogs
Customize views for catalogs
Unless changed by an administrator, Optimizely Commerce Connect presents an unfiltered list of catalogs, categories, products, and variants with default columns. As the list gets longer, you can create and customize views by choosing which columns to show and what filters to apply.
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Get started with catalogs
A catalog consists of products and variants (SKUs) organized into a structure based on product categories or nodes . Products and variants have associated information such as pricing , such as images and documents Catalogs are independent of one another and a product can exist in multiple catalogs.
Import and export a catalog
In Optimizely Commerce Connect, you can import and export your catalogs. This helps in the following scenarios Importing products when setting up a Commerce Connect site.
Browse and search catalogs
Go to Commerce > Catalog to browse catalogs and their related categories, products, and variants . You can also search for catalog entries.
Create and edit a catalog
To manually create a catalog, start by defining its properties, then add catalog entries, such as products and variants . You can also import catalog content from an external source .
Work with catalog entries
The Catalog interface in Optimizely Commerce Connect enables you to work with catalog data. Marketers may want to create new products and variants, and merchandisers may want to enrich products as they are added to ecommerce channels.
Edit catalog entries
After you import products and variants , you can edit, archive, or delete them. Properties for products and variants are similar, but pricing and inventory information is only defined for variants.
Add products and variants
You can add products and variants to catalogs in Optimizely Commerce Connect. Go to Catalogs and click Add .
Work with categories
By applying a category to a product, you can adjust a catalog's structure and range to optimize the selling potential of its products. You can also Create new categories Edit or delete existing categories Change a product's primary and secondary categories Categorization involves the following tasks.
Packages and bundles
In Optimizely Commerce Connect, you can combine several items into one with packages and bundles. A package contains one or more variants, other packages, or both and has a single SKU and price.
Manage multiple content versions
Optimizely Commerce Connect handles content versioning in a similar manner to Optimizely CMS, but there are important differences. Commerce Connect generates a version for every enabled language automatically.