Adding dictionary values for a contact

You can create your own customer (contactCommerce: An individual with personalized information (name, address, email, and so on), created when a user on the front-end registers to make a purchase. You can also manually create a contact account from the back-end, assign the contact to organizations or organization units, and assign permissions based on role.) groups that you can apply when you add contacts to your organization. By default, customer groups can be of type Customer, Partner or Distributor. This type of data is managed in dictionaries. You can use customer groups when you define pricing or restrict promotions.

  1. In Commerce ManagerOne of several main user interfaces in Optimizely Commerce. This UI area, available from the top menu after logging in, provides screens for managing markets, customers, catalog, orders, and so on. You can manage the information on some Commerce Manager screens in other, newer user interfaces. Where possible, we recommend using the newer ones. > Customer Management, open the Contacts Edit page by creating a new contact or editing an existing one. Click Edit Dictionary next to the Customer GroupCustomer groups are created in Commerce Manager then applied to contacts and organizations. Customer groups are common to both contacts and organizations, and you can apply them to customer segments that are targeted for marketing campaigns and customer group-specific pricing, including variants. drop-down list.

    Image: Edit Dictionary button

  2. On the dialog box that appears, click Edit to modify an existing customer group dictionary. To add a new item to the dictionary, click New Item.

    Image: Adding a new item to the dictionary

  3. Select the order of the item from the drop-down list on the left and enter a name for the item on the field next to the drop-down list.

    Image: Defining order

  4. Click Save.
  5. Click Close. You can select the dictionary item in the Customer Group drop-down list.

To delete a dictionary item, open the dictionary list and click Delete next to the item.

If you change the number to a position higher in the list, the list is not automatically reordered. You must manually edit the list. However, having multiple copies of the same numerical value does not affect the system. You can use the numbers as a ranking system, or devise your own internal numbering method.