How to Create a Catalog Set
This topic describes how to create a catalog set. A catalog set is a group of one or more base or virtual catalogs combined under one catalog name that you make available to different customers or organizations.
To create a catalog set
To open Catalog Manager, click Start, point to Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 , and then click Catalog Manager.
In Catalog Manager, in the Views pane, click Catalog Sets.
In the Tasks pane, click Create New Catalog Set.
In the New Catalog Set screen, do the following:
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Type
Select the type of catalog set you want to create from the drop-down list. The following options are available:
Static. Lets you to select which catalogs to include in the catalog set.
Dynamic. Lets you create the catalog set based on an expression.
Click OK.
If you selected Static in the New Catalog Set screen, in the <Catalog set name> screen, on the Static CatalogSet tab, do the following:
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Name
Type a name for the catalog set.
Description
Type a description for the catalog set.
Available Catalogs
Select the individual catalogs you want to add to the catalog set, and then click Add.
The catalogs you select move from the Available Catalogs box to the Assigned to set box.
Assigned to Set
Displays the catalogs added to this catalog set.
If you remove a catalog from the Assigned catalogs box, it will automatically move to the Available catalogs box.
Close the Static Catalog Set screen.
If you selected Dynamic on the New Catalog Set screen, on the <Catalog Set Name> screen, on the Expression-based CatalogSet tab, do the following:
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Name
Type a name for the catalog set.
Description
Type a description for the catalog set.
Add All Catalogs
Select to have this catalog set represent all catalogs, even when you add new catalogs.
Do not select this check box if you want to specify individual catalogs for this catalog set.
Expression
Click Add to open the Expression Builder dialog box.
You use the Expression Builder dialog box to create an expression on which you will base the catalog set.
In the Expression Builder dialog box, do the following:
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And/Or
From the drop-down list, select And or Or if you want to create an additional condition.
Field
Select the catalog property that you want to use in this condition from the drop-down list.
Condition
Select an operator type for the expression from the drop-down list. Available types of conditions are operators such as Is equal to and Is greater than.
Value
Type the value to be evaluated by the expression.
Add
Click to add an additional And/Or condition to the expression.
Click OK.
To view the catalogs that you are including in the catalog set, click Refresh.
Close the Dynamic Catalog Set screen.
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