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Creating Category-Product Hierarchies

You must establish an explicit category-product hierarchy before beginning the SVP process. Categories and products in SVP must have a single designated SVP parent category.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Category-Product Hierarchies.

To create a category-product hierarchy

1. Navigate to the Administration - Catalog screen, then the SVP Categories view.
2. In the All Categories list, create a new record, and complete the necessary fields. Repeat this step for all categories.

   The following table describes some fields.

   Field	Comments
   Category Name	The name of the category in the category-product hierarchy.
   Parent SVP Category Name	The parent SVP name of the category (for example, All Products). This field is automatically populated when you later establish category-subcategory relationships.
   SVP Level	The SVP level of the category. This field is automatically populated when you make an association to a subcategory.
   Description	A description of the category-product hierarchy.
   Effective Start Date	The starting date and time of the category.
   Effective End Date	The ending date and time of the category.
   Catalog Name	The name of the catalog that is associated with this category-product hierarchy.

3. In the All Categories list, select the root category, and drill down on the Category Name field hyperlink.

   The SVP Category Details view appears.

4. In the Subcategories list, add the subcategory or subcategories for which you want to designate the parent category as the subcategory's SVP parent.

   NOTE:  You can designate many subcategories as SVP adoptees for the SVP parent. However, if a subcategory has another category as its SVP parent, your designation ends the previous SVP parent relationship and creates a new one.