Browsing Categories

The Node List (aka the Category List) is used to organize and manage nodes/categoriesUsed for categorization of content. Categories are used for instance when creating filters for searching, listings and navigation., subcategories created within a Catalog.

The "Wine" catalogA catalog is a top-level container for all catalog entries such as Categories, Products and SKUs. for example, which is available in the EPiServer Commerce sample site, includes nodes "Accessories", "Imported", "Mixed Cases" and "Wine Regions". Additional nodes or subcategories may be created in the Node List page.

1. Clicking on the Edit icon, located between the check box and the folder icon, will display the Catalog Node Edit page, which contains more information and settings of that particular nodeA node is a grouping of purchasable products. Same as "category".. Here you can setup the information and statusCan be set for an order to "NewOrder," "Submitted," "Processing," "Canceled," "Rejected," "Shipped" that are common for all it's subcategories.
2. Clicking on any node names (highlighted in blue) will take you to the next sublevel, which shows the list of categories under the selected node.

Menu Bar Functions

• Create New
  This dropdown allows users to create different types of Categories/Nodes or Product entries as shown below.

• Category/Node
• Product
• Variation/SKUA variation or SKU (Store Keeping Unit) corresponds to a specific type of product with specific characteristics. For example, a product of Shirts will have an individual variation/SKU which includes size, color and sleeve length.
• Package
• Bundle
• Dynamic Package

• More Actions

• Delete Selected
• Clone Selected 
• Move/Link to Folder 

Under More Actions, cloning creates a duplicates with a unique ID that you can place in any location/hierarchy that you choose.  Move/Link to Folder allows you either to move a categoryA category is a grouping of purchasable products. Same as "node"./productA product represents various forms of merchandise that you can display and purchase from the public site, including Products, Variations/SKUs, Bundles, Packages and Dynamic Packages. to a new location/hierarchy or to link one category/product to another category/product. You can for example create a category called "Featured Products" and link it to items across various other categories.  This way, if you make changes to content on the original product page and that same product is part of the "Featured Products" category as a linked product, the changes will be displayed in both locations.  In other words, changes are bi-directional.  Links can be broken if either of the two are deleted.

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