In order to evaluate ATG Merchandising, you need to create the appropriate database tables in SOLID, the evaluation database provided with your installation. Technically, you can evaluate ATG Merchandising on any supported database: SOLID is provided as a convenience to you. If you choose to evaluate this product on a database that already has tables for ATG products, back up your database before running these scripts because they will overwrite existing tables, removing data and custom code.
There are two main differences between setting up ATG Merchandising for evaluation purposes and for production use:
The SOLID database provides some configured database tables, so installation and configuration is easier when you use SOLID.
The evaluation instructions provide the quickest way to access ATG Merchandising by skipping some steps, such as setting up user accounts and deployment. If you want to sample these features of ATG Merchandising, see Configuring a Purchased Content Administration Database.
First of all, make the necessary pre-setup configurations to your database as described in the ATG Programming Guide. Secondly, create and populate the database tables used by ATG Merchandising, by following these steps:
Start your database according to the instructions provided by your database vendor.
Create the database tables that support the union of ATG Content Administration and the ATG Commerce product you are using:
All ATG Merchandising users should see the Creating Versioned Core Commerce Tables section.
ATG Business Commerce users should also see the Creating Versioned Business Commerce Tables section.
If you have ATG Search and you want to use the Search Merchandising and Dynamic Search and Navigation add-on features, create the database tables that support the union of ATG Search, ATG Content Administration, and the ATG Commerce product you are using:
All users should see the Creating Versioned Search Tables.
If you use ATG Business Commerce or ATG Consumer Commerce with custom catalogs, also see the Creating Versioned Custom Catalog Tables with Search Support section.
Import ATG Merchandising content into your ATG Content Administration database. See Importing Required Content.
