Friday 6 July 2012

Detailed Description of Catalog Subsystem


CatalogSubsystem
The catalog subsystem is a component of theWebSphere Commerce Server that provides online catalog navigation,partitioning, categorization, and associations. The catalog subsystem containsall logic and data relevant to an online catalog, including catalog groups (orcategories), catalog entries, and any associations or relationships among them.

Catalogentries classification:
· Products.
· Items.
· Packages.
· Bundles.
· Dynamic or static kit.

PRODUCT and ITEM:
An item is a tangible unit of merchandise that has a specific name, partnumber, and price. For example, a 15 inch hammer with a wooden handle (partnumber 15) is an item.
A product, however, is a group of items that exhibit the same attributes.For example, a hammer is a product, while the 15 inch hammer with a woodenhandle is an item. The attributes of this product are "handle type"and "size," which are defined by the corresponding attribute values, wooden and 15 inch.
To distinguish products and items, keep in mind that a product cannot bepurchased, while an item can potentially be purchased.

PACKAGEand BUNDLE:
Packages and bundlesare groupings of catalog entries used for promotional purposes.
A bundle is acollection of catalog entries that allow customers to buy multiple items withone click. A bundle can be agrouping of items, or a combination of products, items, and fully resolvedpackages. The bundle is decomposed into separate orderableSKUs that are added individually to the shopping cart.
Unlike bundles, apackage is an atomic collection of catalog entries. Viewed in similar ways as aproduct, you cannot decompose ormodify a package during navigation or after the package has been placed in theshopping cart. For example, a computer package might contain a specific centralprocessing unit, monitor, and hard drive that cannot be sold separately.


Dynamic kit and Static kit
A dynamic kit is a typeof catalog entry which can be dynamically configured by the customer.
This configuration (or grouping) of products is based on the customer'srequirements and is sold as a single unit.
A static kit is a groupof products that are ordered as a unit. The information about the productscontained in a static kit is predefined and controlled within WebSphereCommerce.

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