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Designing the Catalog in Release 6.x and 7.x


The tree structure of catalogs and items in release 6.x maps in release 7.0 and 7.5 to a hierarchy of relationships within the customizable product. A relationship is roughly equivalent to a category and functions as a named group that contains one or more items. Table 50 maps release 6.x features to release 7.0 and 7.5 for designing a catalog.

Table 50. Designing the Catalog
Release 6.x
Release 7.0 and 7.5

Design a tree structure

Create a hierarchy of relationships within a customizable product.

NOTE:  The hierarchy defines component relationships rather than being a grouping mechanism. Relationship definition includes cardinality (maximum quantity, minimum quantity, default quantity).

Create a category

Create a relationship.

NOTE:  A relationship is a named part of a customizable product. Relationships contain one or more items.

Add a product to a catalog

Add a product to a relationship.

Set item sequence in a catalog

Set sequence of items in Structure view and sequence of group in Product UI Designer.

Hide items in the catalog

Can hide an item by not adding it to a UI group in the Product UI Designer.

NOTE:  All products included in a customizable product, plus all attributes, resources, and links can be made visible to users.

Show all excluded items

Select UI control in Product UI designer that displays all items.

NOTE:  Excluded items are unavailable.

Create virtual product

Replaced with hidden attributes.

NOTE:  Virtual product functionality can be created by defining product attributes and then marking them hidden. Hidden attributes do not appear in quotes, orders, or agreements.

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