Overview of the Product Information Management Work Area

You can use the Product Information Management work area to manage a broad range of common tasks related to product information.

This work area provides you with this specialized set of tools (in addition to the global tools such as favorites, watchlist, and notifications):

Tool	What It Does
Infolets	Infolets are interactive panels on the work area page that present important data and help you take action based on it. In the Product Information Management work area, infolets summarize data from detail pages for working with your products. You can set a filter to change what's displayed in an infolet, or drill down into the corresponding detail page. Example: You can click a segment of the chart in the Import Batches infolet to work with the import batches from the associated source system. You can also move or hide infolets, to personalize the page for your own style of working.
Tasks	Use the Tasks list in the panel drawer to perform tasks specifically for the current work area. Click a task name to navigate directly to the task detail page.
Search	Use the Search in the panel drawer to search for many types of product information (such as items, catalogs, categories, trading partner items, change order requests, new item requests and item batches) directly from the work area, without needing to navigate to a specific task page. You can search using key words, names, ID numbers, or other criteria, depending on what you're searching for. Example: If you're searching for a specific item, you can enter the specific item ID, if you know it, or you can type in a few words from the description. If you enter red in the search field, the search returns items containing the word red in the item data. You can only access the data for which you have the correct permissions.
Clipboard	Use the Clipboard to speed up your work in the Product Development and the Product Information Management work areas. Copy items and documents to the clipboard and paste them onto other items, documents, and change orders. You can also do this from the Favorites and Recent Items available on the clipboard. Use the clipboard icon that appears on the Affected Objects tab and Relationships tab to copy items to the clipboard.
Reports and Analytics	Use the Reports and Analytics control in the panel drawer to run existing reports and analytics. If you need to define a new report, then navigate to the Reports and Analytics work area itself from your home page or through the navigator.