Editing catalog entries

After you import products and variants, you can add to, edit or delete them.

Properties for productsCommerce: various forms of merchandise that you can display and purchase from the public site, including products, variations/SKUs, bundles, and packages. Also known as a catalog entry. and variantsCommerce: a variant or SKU corresponds to a specific product with specific characteristics. For example, a product line of shirts has individual variations/SKUs that include size, color, and collar size. are similar, but pricing and inventory information is only defined for variants. See also: Catalog entry properties

Changes to related entriesCommerce: lets merchandiser assign items related to current one, to entice shoppers with upsell or cross-sell items; Appears on product's related entries tab., pricing and inventory information are immediately published and visible on the website, and are not part of the publishing flow.

Changes to content and assetsContent such as documents, videos, and images that can be linked to other content such as pages, blocks, and catalog entries in Commerce. must be published to become visible on the website. See Working with versions for publishing information.

Catalog-specific editing options

The catalog item list has on the top right a Select view with additional editing options. Use these to edit and access the Pricing, Inventory, Categories, or Related Entries views.

Image: Select view item list

Editing multiple catalog entries

You can work with several catalog entries at once by

  1. Selecting items.
  2. Clicking toolbar buttons, such as cut, copy, paste, or delete.
  3. Image: Toolbar for catalog entries

Updating multiple catalog entries at once

As a catalogCommerce: a top-level container for catalog entries such as categories, products, and variants (SKUs). grows larger, use the Catalog Batch Update to update multiple catalog entries at once. The option lets you filter items of interest then update several at once.

  1. Go to Commerce manager > Catalog Management > Catalog Batch Update. The Batch Update screen appears.

    Image: Catalog Batch Update

    • Main Adjustment.
      • Entry Type. Select Product, Variation/SKU, Bundle, or Package.
      • Meta Class and Field menu items depend on the Meta Class you select. Your selection populates the Field drop-down selections.
    • Additional Filters.
      • Use the Language filter to select entries by language.
      • Use the Catalog filter to narrow the results to one catalog.
      • Enter keywords, such as Wine Glass, to narrow the search further.
  2. Within search results, you can:
    • Select a catalog entry and go directly to its edit page.
    • Use the Field drop-down to edit a field across several catalog entries. For example, change the display price for a group of variants. Using the Field drop-down list, choose Variation: Display Price. The right column changes, letting you update the display price for all catalog entries.

      Image: Filters in Catalog Batch Update

  3. Click Save All.

Sorting catalog entries

Sorting means changing the display order of items in a category. This affects the Catalog view.

Sorting can also change the arrangement of items on your website's pages. When creating your page templates, a developer determines how to arrange the items on a page. Sort order is one option.

To sort catalog entries, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the category that contains items you want to sort.
  2. Click the Sort button Optimizely image. This enables sort mode.

    When sort mode is enabled, a drag handle Optimizely image appears to the left of every eligible item's check box.

  3. Select one or more items whose sort order you want to change.
  4. Drag and drop items to the new position.
    Or, to sort a single item, move to its far right, click to open the context menu, and select Move Up or Move Down.

Notes about sorting

  • Changing an item's sort order affects it within that category only.
  • Sort mode remains enabled until you click the button a second time, even if you go to other categories.
  • You cannot sort categories.

Sorting variants

To sort a catalog entry's variants, follow these steps.

  1. Select the catalog entry whose variants you want to sort.
  2. Click Select view > Variants.

    Image: Variants in Select view drop-down list

  3. Drag and drop variants to a new position.

Duplicating catalog entries

You can duplicate an existing entry to create a new entry. If you do, it gets a unique ID, and you can edit the following details. You can then move the new entry to different catalog tree location.

You can duplicate one or several catalog entries. The following example duplicates multiple variants and moves them to a different category.

  1. Open the desired catalog or category node, so items you want to duplicate appear in the catalog item list.
  2. Pin the catalog tree so it remains open.
  3. Select items to be duplicated.
  4. Drag selections to the desired catalog tree location.

    Image: Duplicating catalog entries

  5. The Select Action dialog box appears. Click Duplicate. The selected entries are duplicated in the selected location.

You can also use the List menu's Copy and Paste options to duplicate multiple entries, or the Context menu's Copy and Paste options to duplicate a catalog entry.

Moving catalog entries

Moving a catalog entry is the same as assigning it to a different primary category. See Changing a catalog entry's primary category.

Deleting catalog entries

When deleting a productCommerce: various forms of merchandise that you can display and purchase from the public site, including products, variations/SKUs, bundles, and packages. Also known as a catalog entry. or a variantCommerce: a variant or SKU corresponds to a specific product with specific characteristics. For example, a product line of shirts has individual variations/SKUs that include size, color, and collar size., the following happens depending on how the deleted entry is related to other catalogCommerce: a top-level container for catalog entries such as categories, products, and variants (SKUs). entries:

  • If a product or variant is deleted, all links from other catalog entries to it are removed.
  • If a product with associated variants is deleted, the variants are left associated with the deleted product's category.

See also: Deleting a package or bundle

You cannot undo the deletion of catalog entries.

To delete a product or variant, select an item, open its context menu, then click Delete.

Image: Delete catalog entries

To delete multiple catalog entries at the same time, select the entries then click Delete in the toolbar.

Translating catalog entries

Like other types of content, catalog entries can exist in multiple languages. See Multi-language management.