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Specifying Additional Product Information

You can specify additional product information in the Product Administration view by drilling down on the product in the Products list, and then adding either Product Recommendations or Product Collateral.

Specifying Product Recommendations

Using the Recommendations view you can add related products, and recommended cross-sell and up-sell products to the product record.

To add related products to a product record

1. Navigate to the Product Administration screen > Products view.
2. In the Products list, drill down on the required product.
3. Click the Recommendations View tab.
4. Click the Related Products link on the Recommendations tab.
5. In the Related Products list, create a new record.
6. In the Add Internal Products dialog box, select a related product, and click OK.

   The related product is added to the list.

7. Complete the remaining fields, including indicating the Integration Status, Effective End Date, and whether or not the product can be ordered.

Specifying Product Collateral

Using the Collateral view you can specify additional product features and product comparisons, associate product literature and images with the product, or add product news to the product record.

To specify additional product features

1. Navigate to the Product Administration screen > Products view.
2. In the Products list, drill down on the required product.
3. Click the Collateral View tab.
4. Click the Key Features link on the Collateral View tab.
5. In the Feature list, create a new record and complete the necessary fields.

To add product comparison information

1. Navigate to the Product Administration screen > Products view.
2. In the Products list, drill down on the required product.
3. Click the Collateral View tab.
4. Click the Key Features link on the Collateral View tab.
5. In the Product Comparison list, create a new record.
6. In the Add Product Comparisons dialog box, select one or more products and click OK.

   The products are added to the Product Comparison list.

To associate related literature

1. Navigate to the Product Administration screen > Products view.
2. In the Products list, drill down on the required product.
3. Click the Collateral View tab.
4. Click the Literature link on the Collateral View tab.
5. In the Product Literature list, create a new record.
6. In the Add Literature dialog box, select one or more records and click OK.

   The selected records are added to the Literature list.

NOTE:  For more information on adding other selections to the Add Literature dialog box, see the chapter on literature administration in Siebel Applications Administration Guide.

To add images for a product

1. Navigate to the Product Administration screen > Products view.
2. In the Products list, drill down on the required product.
3. Click the Collateral View tab.
4. Click the Images link on the Collateral View tab.
5. In the Images form, click the Select button in the Image File name field.
6. In the Images dialog box, query for and select the required image.

   The image is added to the product record.

NOTE:  For more information on adding other selections to the Pick Product News dialog box, see the chapter on literature administration in Siebel Applications Administration Guide.