Catalogs can contain any number of other catalogs or categories and represent the entirety of what users see on your web site. This section describes the properties you are required to fill in when you are creating a catalog. It also described how to indicate where you want the catalog to reside, which is an important decision, but not one you are required to make now. Know that creating a catalog without specifying a location makes the catalog an orphan that is visible in Catalog Orphans view, not Catalog view. At deployment time, catalogs must exist in catalog folders. A comprehensive list of catalog properties is provided in Appendix A, : Asset Properties.
To create a new catalog:
In Catalog view or Catalog Orphans view of the Browse tab, click the Create New button, and from the dropdown that displays, click Catalog. To learn how to access these views, see Locating Assets.
The Details pane displays empty text boxes you can use to define the catalog.
Specify the catalog’s location in the hierarchy by adding, replacing, or removing a parent using the Select Parent and Clear buttons on the top right of the Details pane. A parent is preselected if you see an asset name beside Select Parent.
Add or replace a parent by clicking Select Parent and, once the Select an Item dialog box opens, selecting the appropriate Repository item type that you are creating and the parent asset type from their respective dropdown lists, and then clicking Find. Click the radio button beside your preferred parent, then click OK.
Remove a parent by clicking Clear beside SelectParent.
Enter a name for the catalog in the Name text box (Required).
Click Create.
In the Navigation pane, the catalog name displays. The Details pane contains two tabs: the Basics tab holds properties you can use to define the catalog and the Info tab holds view-only metadata, such as a catalog ID and creation date.
