2022-04-07: CE - Catalog and Category

Overview

To meet the complexity and scale of B2B Commerce needs, we have redesigned our implementation of how products are stored, categorized and managed in the Emporix platform.

What's new

Catalog Service

We have introduced a new feature called Catalog, which acts as a container for Categories and Products. A Catalog acts as a “root node” of a collection of Categories.

Features

Benefits

Multiple Catalogs per Tenant

A tenant can create and manage multiple catalogs for different purposes. For example:

  • Supplier and Seller Catalogs

  • One Catalog per Product Line or Division

  • Seasonal Catalogs

Multiple Catalogs per Site

More than one Catalog can be published on a site at the same time. For example: Product Catalog and Promotional Seasonal Catalog.

Catalog Visibility

Catalogs have a flag to set whether they are visible in the storefront or not, and additionally have a visibility date range that can automatically control the dates they should be visible from and to. For example: Promotional or Seasonal Catalog can be automatically made visible and expired from the storefront based on pre-set date ranges.

Multi-language Support

Category attributes (such as name and description) support language Localization.

Category Service

We have also completely redesigned our Category Service implementation to support a much more flexible structure. Categories can be nested and once created can be easily moved around to restructure the collection the best way for your business.

Features

Benefits

Category supports multiple views

Category structures can be viewed either as a flat list or as a hierarchical structure to better see the parent/child relationships for easier browsing and understanding.

Category Visibility

Categories have a flag to set whether they are visible in the storefront or not, and additionally have a visibility date range that can automatically control the dates they should be visible from and to. For example: Specific Categories can be automatically made visible and expired from the storefront based on pre-set date ranges.

Multi-language Support

Catalog attributes (such as name and description) support language Localization.

Category Assignment

Categories can be assigned to one, and only one Catalog.

Product Assignment

Products can be assigned to one or more Categories.

Both Catalogs and Categories work with our existing Product Service to provide greater flexibility and scalability in how our customers manage the goods that they sell through their digital commerce channels.

Fixes and improvements

None as these are new services.

Known problems

No Known Problems at time of release.

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