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Creating Catalogs

You create catalogs on the Catalogs page in the Administration - Catalog screen.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Catalogs.

To create a catalog

1. Navigate to the Administration - Catalog screen.
2. Add a new record to the Catalogs list and complete the necessary fields in the record and the More Info form. Some fields shown in the following table are entered using the form under the More Info tab.

   Field	Description
   Name	Enter a name for the catalog.
   Effective Start Date	Enter the date when the catalog becomes visible to end users.
   Effective End Date	Enter the date when the catalog stops being visible to end users.
   Private	Select this checkbox to make the catalog visible only to users who belong to the access groups associated with it. If the catalog is private, then all of its categories will also be private.
   Active	Select this checkbox to make the catalog visible to end users.
   Catalog Type	Choose Buying from the list if you want the catalog to be displayed on the Web site and in the employee application. Catalog Type can be used to control what is displayed by setting search specifications on applets. For example, you could create two catalog types named Customer and Partner. You could then create a view with an applet that has a search specification to display only catalogs of type Partner and a second view with an applet that has a search specification to display only catalogs of type Customer.
   Sequence	Enter a number to control how this catalog is displayed. Catalogs are displayed in ascending order by their Sequence field. NOTE:  It is strongly recommended that you make an entry in this field. Records where this field is empty appear either before or after records where this field is populated, depending on the database platform, but the records with the Sequence field empty are randomly sequenced.
   Image	Select an Image file associated with the catalog.
   Version	Enter a version number for the catalog. This field allows you to copy a catalog and increment the version number. The catalog is identified by a unique combination of name and version number.
   Advisor Projects	Select a Siebel Advisor project with which to associate the catalog. Use this field if you want to place a Get Advice link next to the name of a catalog in the Product Catalog View (eSales) view. For more information about how to create a Siebel Advisor pageset, see Siebel Advisor Administration Guide. This field creates only a Get Advice link next to the catalog name in catalog view. For information about how to create Get Advice links in the Catalog screen, Get Advice view, see Displaying Advisor Projects in the Get Advice View of Catalogs. NOTE:  This feature does not apply if you are using Siebel Open UI.
   Smart Answer Catalog File, Smart Answer Master Server	To add Smart Answer, specify the catalog file and master server. For more information, see Siebel Smart Answer Guide