Configure Guided Task Flow to Mass Unassign Items From Catalog Categories

You can unassign items for catalog categories using guided task flow.

To create and configure the Unassign Items from Catalog Categories guided task flow:

1. On the Product Management page, in the Actions section, click View all actions, and then click Guided Tasks Configuration.

   The Configure Guided Tasks page is displayed.

2. Click Create.
   The New Guided Task drawer appears. Here, you must provide the details for the guided task you're creating:

   1. Select the Category as Unassign Items from Catalog Categories.
   2. In the Name field, specify the task flow name for your specific business process.
   3. After adding all the details, click Create Draft.

      The <Guided Task Name> Draft page is displayed in draft mode with a list of required tasks.

   For the Unassign Items from Catalog Categories category, the required tasks in the task flow are:

   1. Select items to unassign
   2. Select the catalog category to unassign
   3. Review and submit
   4. View item batch status

3. Click the Edit Task icon for each task, populate the relevant fields, and click Save. After you’ve updated all the steps, click Activate to make the task flow available for your users. The details for each task are outlined in the next few steps.

4. Update the Select items to be unassigned task. In this task, you specify the master organization from which the items must be selected for unassignment.
   1. Click the Edit Task icon for the Select items to unassign task. From the Master organization drop-down list, select the master organization from which you want to select the items. This is required.
   2. Click Save.
5. Update the Select catalog categories to unassign task and do the following:
   1. Click the Edit Task icon for the Select catalog categories to unassigntask.
   2. From the Select catalog categories to unassign drop-down list, select all the catalog categories that are relevant to this task flow. This is required. You can also choose to restrict these selections so that the user can only select from the specified catalog categories at the runtime.
   3. Click Save.

6. Update the Review and submit task. In this task, you can edit the specify the task expiration days.

7. Update the View item batch status task. In this task you specify the task expiration days.

8. Click Activate to activate the task flow you've configured. After the task flow is activated, your users will be able access this task flow from the Guided Task flow library.