1. Commerce
  2. Site Management Tools
  3. Commerce Categories in Site Management Tools
  4. Manage Item Category Assignment and Order
  5. Assigning Items to a Category or Subcategory

Assigning Items to a Category or Subcategory

When you assign an item to a category, you link that item to the category. Visitors browsing a category are presented with the items assigned to that category. Items can be added to more than one category. For example, a child’s backpack can be assigned to /kids/backpacks and also to /backtoschool/bargains. This helps increase visibility of items and makes it easier for visitors to find what they’re looking for.

Item category assignments that you create with SMT are reflected on the Items subtab of the commerce category record in NetSuite. Likewise, any item category assignments you make on the Items subtab of the commerce category record are reflected in SMT.

Note:

When you assign items to a category and save the record, it may take several minutes for the items to be displayed in the SMT category preview and also in the category item list on the site. This delay is normal because the search index rebuilds every time you add or change an item category assignment.

To assign items to a category or subcategory:

  1. Log in to Site Management Tools. For details, see Logging into Site Management Tools.

  2. Click the Overview Mode icon Overview Mode Icon on the site management toolbar.

  3. In the category list, locate the category or subcategory you want to assign items to and click the icon in the Items column Items Column Icon. This displays the Category Items list in the side panel.

  4. Click the + icon to add items.

  5. Enter keywords in the search field to find the items you want to add. Leave it blank and press Enter to see all your web store items. Matching items will show up below the search field.

    Note:

    To filter the list to only those items not already assigned to the category, click Hide items already in the category.

  6. Select the items to assign to the category or subcategory:

    • To add only one item, click and drag the item from the item search list to the category items section.

    • To add several items, click each one you want to add (a check mark will appear), then drag the selected items over to the category items section.

    Tip:

    When you drag an item from the search list to the category items section, you can specify its placement in the assigned items list by dropping it at the location where you want it. A drop indicator lets you know where the item will be placed.

  7. Click Save.

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