SKU properties are used for display purposes, in a similar way to products and category properties. The properties are also used to integrate with other ATG Commerce systems, such as pricing and fulfillment.
You can work with the following SKU properties in the Details pane. The properties described in this section are the SKU properties that come with Merchandising by default. Your administrator might have added new SKU properties that are specific to your Web sites.
General Tab
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Default display name | Name used for the SKU on the site. This property is required. The name does not have to be unique, as Merchandising assigns a unique ID to each asset you create. |
Sites | In a multisite environment, the names of the sites to which the SKU belongs. This property is read-only. See Assets in a Multisite Environment. |
Start date | Date on which the SKU is available, if a collection filter is implemented to use this property. |
End date | Date the SKU is no longer available, if a collection filter is implemented to use this property. |
Default description | Short descriptive text for display with the SKU. |
Template | JSP template used to display the SKU. For details about working with templates, see Creating and Managing Media Assets and Folders. |
Parent products | Products that contain this SKU. This property is read-only. To change this SKU’s parents, see Creating and Managing Products. |
Media Tab
Categories, products, and SKUs all have the same set of media properties: a template (on the General tab), thumbnail image, small image, large image, and auxiliary media. Your Web sites may not need all of these properties. For example, at most commerce sites, each SKU would not be displayed in its own template page. More commonly, a product’s template page displays all of the child SKUs of the product.
Categories, products, and SKUs all have the same set of media properties to give you as much flexibility as possible when setting up your catalog. For example, you might want to associate certain media items with products rather than SKUs. If SKUs are differentiated by a visible characteristic such as color, you might want to have different image for each SKU, rather than having a single set of images associated with the parent product.
For details about working with Media properties, see Creating and Managing Media Assets and Folders.
SKU Pricing Tab
Property | Description |
|---|---|
List price | Default price of the SKU before any discounts or promotions. |
On sale | Boolean (yes/no) property that indicates if the item is on sale. |
Sale price | Price of the SKU if the On Sale property is set to Yes. |
Wholesale price | Wholesale price of the SKU. |
Price Lists Tab
Price Lists allow you to target a specific set of prices to a specific group of customers. For example, price lists can be used to implement business to business pricing where each customer can have its own unique pricing for products based on contracts, RFQ and pre-negotiated prices. For details about working with the Price Lists tab, see Working with SKU Prices later in this chapter.
Advanced Tab
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Bundle links | List of SKU links that make up a SKU bundle. If this property editor is empty, the SKU is not a bundle. |
Derived catalogs | Used to determine if an end user has permission to view this SKU. This property is read-only. |
Dynamic attributes | Additional configurable attributes of the SKU, specified as a key/value pair for each attribute you define. For example, you could specify the key/value pair color/red or size/small. |
Fulfiller | Fulfiller who will ship the item. |
Replacement products | Products to suggest as replacements if the item is out of stock. |
