Table 2. Designing the Catalog
Release 6.x
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Release 7.x
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Comment
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Design a tree structure
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Create a hierarchy of relationships within a customizable product.
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The hierarchy defines component relationships rather than being a grouping mechanism.
Relationship definition includes cardinality (maximum quantity, minimum quantity, default quantity).
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Create a category
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Create a relationship.
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A relationship is a named part of a customizable product. Relationships contain one or more items.
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Add a product to a catalog
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Add a product to a relationship.
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Set item sequence in a catalog
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Set sequence of items in Product Designer and sequence of group in Product UI Designer.
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Hide items in the catalog
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Can hide an item by not adding it to a UI group in the Product UI Designer.
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All products included in a customizable product, plus all attributes, resources, and links can be made visible to users.
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Show all excluded items
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Select UI control in Product UI designer that displays all items.
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Excluded items are unavailable.
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Create virtual product
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Replaced with hidden attributes.
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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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