Creating Versioning

Catalog Management maintains multiple versions of both partner catalogs and enterprise catalogs.

A new version of a partner catalog is created when the process to load partner offerings is run.

Content updates are applied to a staged copy of the unified catalog, and then moved to production, enabling review and verification of the content prior to syndication. When the process to move the catalog to production is run, a new catalog version is created by incrementing the version by one. As a result, changes can be made to the catalog without hindering day-to-day browsing, syndication, and purchasing needs.

Once a version is selected for production, all other versions are stored but not used again. The Remove Unused Versions feature provides a way for the catalog manager to remove these unused partner versions.