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            Base Products for Scenarios

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            Base Products for Scenarios

            The Base Product and Variation Group Scenarios and Base Product and Variation Product Scenarios topics both use the products described here. This topic applies to B2C Commerce.

            Scenario Product Overview

            For the sake of simplicity, the following scenarios don’t use SiteGenesis data. To follow along with the scenarios, create these products.

            These scenarios make the following assumptions:

            • The product is a T-shirt that is available in different colors and sizes. The table lists the SKUs for the shirts, based on size and color.
                Navy Green Amber Sky
              S TS-1 TS-4 TS-7 TS-10
              M TS-2 TS-5 TS-8 TS-11
              L TS-3 TS-6 TS-9 TS-12
            • The functionality described is based on the SiteGenesis application. Your application can behave differently, depending on the templates you have developed.
            • The images and catalog are stored in Business Manager.
            • On the Catalog page Image Settings tab for the apparel-catalog, set the Variation Attribute ID to color.

            Create a Custom Product Property

            Use other properties to group variation products.

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce
            1. Click App Launcher App Launcher, and then select Administration | Site Development | System Object Types.
            2. Click the Product system object.
            3. Click the Attribute Definitions tab.
            4. Click New.
            5. On the Object Type 'Product' - Attribute Definition Details page, enter:
              1. ID: bucketColor
              2. Display Name: Bucket Color
              3. Help Text: Bucket color
              4. Value Type: String
              5. Localizable/Site-Specific: No
            6. Click Apply.
            7. Click <<Back.
            8. Click the Attribute Grouping tab.
            9. For the Presentation Attributes group, click Edit.
            10. Click the ellipsis (...), select the bucketColor attribute, and click Select.
            11. Click <<Back.
            12. On the Attribute Grouping tab, the Presentation Attributes page shows five attributes.

            Create the Base Product

            Scenario 2

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce
            1. Click App Launcher App Launcher, and then select Merchant Tools | site | Products and Catalogs | Products.
            2. On the Simple Product Search page, click New.
            3. On the Product page General tab, enter the following values and click Apply:
              Field Value
              ID TS
              Catalog apparel-catalog
              Tax Class Standard
              Online Yes
              Searchable Yes
              Name T-shirt
            4. Click the Categories tab and click Edit Categories.
            5. Expand womens | womens-clothing, select womens-clothing-tops, and click Apply.
            6. Click the Inventory tab and for the Inventory (assigned to SiteGenesis) list, click Create.
            7. Select Perpetual.
            8. Set the Allocation to 100 and click Create.
            9. Click Back.

            Create the Variation Products

            Scenario 3

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce
            1. Click the Product page Variations tab for the T-shirt product.
            2. Under Add Shared Variation Attribute, for ID, click New.
              Note
              Note Clicking Add doesn't perform the same action.
            3. Enter the following values:
              Field Value
              Attribute Definition ID: color
              Name: (Don't enter any text. B2C Commerce provides the text automatically after you click Apply.)
              Custom ID: color
              Custom Display Name: color
              Slicing Attribute No (deselected)
            4. Click Apply. The Defined Variation Values for color section opens.
            5. In the Defined Variation Values for color section, enter the following values and click Apply after entering each value.
              Value Display Value Description
              navy Navy Navy Blue
              green Hemlock Hemlock Green
              amber Amber Burnt Amber
              sky Sky Sky Blue
            6. To return to the Product page Variations tab, click <<Back .
            7. Under =Add Shared Variation Attribute, for ID, click New.
              Note
              Note Clicking Add doesn't perform the same action.
            8. Enter the following values and click Apply:
              Field Value
              Attribute Definition ID: size
              Name: (Don't enter any text. B2C Commerce provides the text automatically after you click Apply.)
              Custom ID: clothingSize
              Custom Display Name: size
              Slicing Attribute No (deselected)
            9. In the Defined Variation Values for clothingSize section, enter the following values and click Apply after entering each value.
              Value Display Value Description
              S Small Small
              M Medium Medium
              L Large Large
            10. To return to the Product page Variations tab, click <<Back .
            11. Under Add Shared Variation Attribute, for ID, click New.
              Note
              Note Clicking Add doesn't perform the same action.
            12. Enter the following values:
              Field Value
              Attribute Definition ID: bucketColor
              Name: (Don't enter any text. B2C Commerce provides the text automatically after you click Apply.)
              Custom ID: bucketColor
              Custom Display Name: Bucket Color
              Slicing Attribute No (deselected)
            13. Click Apply. The Defined Variation Values for color section opens.
            14. In the Defined Variation Values for color section, enter the following values and click Apply after entering each value.
              Value Display Value Description
              Blue Blue Blue
              Green Green Green
              Orange Orange Orange
            15. To return to the Variations tab, click <<Back.
            16. On the Product page Variations tab, in the Variation Products section, click Add to automatically create a variation product. Configure the following products:
              ID color size bucketColor
              TS-1 navy (Navy) S (Small) Blue
              TS-2 navy (Navy) M (Medium) Blue
              TS-3 navy (Navy) L (Large) Blue
              TS-4 green (Hemlock) S (Small) Green
              TS-5 green (Hemlock) M (Medium) Green
              TS-6 green (Hemlock) L (Large) Green
              TS-7 amber (Amber) S (Small) Orange
              TS-8 amber (Amber) M (Medium) Orange
              TS-9 amber (Amber) L (Large) Orange
              TS-10 sky (Sky) S (Small) Blue
              TS-11 sky (Sky) M (Medium) Blue
              TS-12 sky (Sky) L (Large) Blue
            17. Click the ID link in list of variation products (such as TS-1) to navigate to the Variations tab for the variation product. For each variation product:
              1. Click the Inventory tab and for the Inventory (assigned to SiteGenesis) list, click Create.
              2. In the New Record page General tab, configure the following values:
                Field Value
                Perpetual Yes (selected)
                Allocation 100
              3. Click Create.
            18. To return to the Product page, click the Products link in the breadcrumb at the top of the page.
            19. Search on TS-. B2C Commerce returns all variation products as results.
            20. Click the box to the left of each variation product and click Edit Selected.
            21. Make sure Update/Delete Product Attributes is selected and click Next
            22. On the Step 2: Update/Delete Product Attributes page, click Select attributes. Select and configure the following attributes:
              Field Update Value
              Searchable Default Yes
              Online Default Yes
            23. Click Finish: Go to Batch Process.
            24. Click Refresh until you see the completed batch process with a status of Success.
            25. Click App Launcher App Launcher, and then select Merchant Tools | site | Search | Search Indexes then select all the indexes and click Rebuild to rebuild the index.
              Note
              Note It's important to rebuild the availability index, or the products don’t appear on the storefront.

            Create Variation Groups

            Scenario 4

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce
            1. Click the Product page Variations tab for the T-shirt product.
            2. In the Variation Group section, click Add. Review any warnings and click OK. The page reloads and B2C Commerce adds an empty variation group with the ID TS-13.
            3. Configure variation groups based on Bucket Color:
              ID color size Bucket Color
              TS-13 -None- -None- Blue (Blue)
              TS-14 -None- -None- Green (Green)
              TS-15 -None- -None- Orange (Orange)
            4. Configure variation groups based on size:
              ID color size Bucket Color
              TS-16 -None- S (Small) -None-
              TS-17 -None- M (Medium) -None-
              TS-18 -None- L (large) -None-
            5. Configure variation groups based on other combinations:
              ID color size Bucket Color
              TS-19 -None- S (Small) Blue (Blue)
              TS-20 navy (Navy) M (Medium) -None-
              TS-21 sky (Sky) M (Medium) -None-
            6. Click Apply.
            7. For each variation group: click the variation group, click Lock, click the General tab, enter the following values, and click Apply:
              Field Value
              Searchable Yes (default and SiteGenesis)
              Online Yes (default and SiteGenesis)

            Add Images to Products

            Scenario 5

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce
            1. Click App Launcher App Launcher, and then select Merchant Tools | site | Products and Catalogs | Products
            2. Click the By ID tab.
            3. Search for TS.
            4. To edit the product, on the Product page General tab for the T-shirt product, click Lock.
            5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Edit button in the Images section.

            Upload Images

            Scenario 6

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce
            1. In the File Browser pane, right-click the large folder icon and select Add.
            2. Navigate to the following images and click Upload:
              • tshirt_amber.jpg
              • tshirt_hemlock.jpg
              • tshirt_navy.jpg
              • tshirt_sky.jpg
            3. The medium variations use the same image as large variations and so don't need anything to be uploaded.
            4. In the File Browser pane, right-click the small folder icon and select Add.
            5. Navigate to the following images and click Upload:
              • tshirt_amber_small.jpg
              • tshirt_hemlock_small.jpg
              • tshirt_navy_small.jpg
              • tshirt_sky_small.jpg
            6. In the File Browser pane, right-click the swatch folder icon and select Add.
            7. Navigate to the following images and click Upload:
              • amber_swatch.jpg
              • hemlock_swatch.jpg
              • navy_swatch.jpg
              • sky_swatch.jpg

            Assign Images to the Base Product

            Scenario 7

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce

            Find the image to assign in the File Browser search and drag it over the empty icon for the view type. You can also click the empty icon to replace and type the path in the Path field.

            1. To add images for each view type, click base product in the Image Manager window.
            2. To enter the path for the image, click the empty icon for the view type. You can also use the File Browser to find images you have uploaded and drag them onto the empty icon.
              1. Enter large/tshirt_amber.jpg in the Path for the view type 'large'
              2. Enter medium/tshirt_amber.jpg in the Path for the view type 'medium'
              3. Enter small/tshirt_amber_small.jpg in the Path> for the view type 'small'
              4. Enter swatch/amber.jpg in the Path for the view type 'swatch'

            Assign Images to Variation Products

            Scenario 8

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce

            Find the images to assign in the File Browser. Search and drag the image over the empty icon for the view type or click the empty icon to replace and type the path in the Path field.

            1. To add images for the variations under the view type 'large', click each variation in the Image Manager window.
              1. Enter large/tshirt_amber.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'navy'.
              2. Enter large/tshirt_hemlock.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'hemlock'.
              3. Enter large/tshirt_navy.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'amber'.
              4. Enter large/tshirt_sky.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'sky'.
            2. Repeat Step 1 for view type 'medium'. Use the same images as the large view type.
            3. To add images for the variations under the view type 'small', click each variation in the Image Manager window.
              1. Enter small/tshirt_amber_small.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'amber'.
              2. Enter small/tshirt_hemlock_small.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'hemlock'.
              3. Enter small/tshirt_navy_small.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'navy'.
              4. Enter small/tshirt_sky_small.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'sky'.
            4. On the Images window (only accessible when a product is locked), select a product variation in the Image Manager pane.
            5. To add images for the variations under the view type 'swatch', click each variation in the Image Manager window.
              1. Enter swatch/amber_swatch.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'navy under the view type 'swatch'.
              2. Enter swatch/hemlock_swatch.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'hemlock under the view type 'swatch'.
              3. Enter swatch/navy_swatch.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'amber' under the view type 'swatch'.
              4. Enter swatch/sky_swatch.jpg in the Path for the variation value 'sky' under the view type 'swatch'.
              Note
              Note If you add the swatch to the base product, instead of adding swatches to the variation products, it's shown one time for every variation type. Therefore, you see multiple identical swatches in the storefront.

            Assign Images to Variation Groups

            Scenario 9

            Required Editions

            Available in: B2C Commerce
            1. In the Image Manager window, click the Edit button.
            2. In the Variation Attributes window, in the Attributes list, select bucketColor.
            3. Check the box for each variation group you have created. For example, bucketColor='Orange'.
            4. Click OK.
            5. In the Image Manager window, click bucketColor='Orange'.
              1. Enter large/tshirt_amber.jpg in the Path for the view type 'large'.
              2. Enter large/tshirt_amber.jpg in the Path for the view type 'medium'
              3. Enter small/tshirt_amber_small.jpg in the Path for the view type 'small'
              4. Enter swatch/amber_swatch.jpg in the Path for the view type 'swatch'
            6. In the Image Manager window, click bucketColor='Green'.
              1. Enter large/tshirt_hemlock.jpg in the Path for the view type 'large'
              2. Enter large/tshirt_hemlock.jpg in the Path for the view type 'medium'
              3. Enter small/tshirt_hemlock_small.jpg in the Path for the view type 'small'
              4. Enter swatch/hemlock_swatch.jpg in the Path for the view type 'swatch'
            7. In the Image Manager window, under color='Navy'click bucketColor='Blue'.
              1. Enter large/tshirt_navy.jpg in the Path for the view type 'large'
              2. Enter large/tshirt_navy.jpg in the Path for the view type 'medium'
              3. Enter small/tshirt_navy_small.jpg in the Path for the view type 'small'
              4. Enter swatch/navy_swatch.jpg in the Path for the view type 'swatch'
            8. In the Image Manager window, under color='Sky'click bucketColor='Blue'.
              1. Enter large/tshirt_sky.jpg in the Path for the view type 'large'
              2. Enter large/tshirt_sky.jpg in the Path for the view type 'medium'
              3. Enter small/tshirt_sky_small.jpg in the Path for the view type 'small'
              4. Enter swatch/sky_swatch.jpg in the Path for the view type 'swatch'
             
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