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  • Introduction

    This section provides an overview of basic concepts and architectural features used in Intershop Commerce Management.

  • Catalogs and Products

    This section introduces catalog and product concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to repository management, catalog management, and import & export.

    • Catalog and Product Management: Concepts
    • Product Sharing Management: Concepts
    • Product Data Feeds: Concepts
    • Product Completeness
    • Standard Catalog Management
      • Creating Catalogs
      • Editing Catalogs
      • Managing Catalog-Channel Assignments
      • Setting Catalogs Online
      • Deleting Catalogs
      • Creating Catalog Categories
      • Editing Catalog Categories
      • Deleting Catalog Categories
      • Copying Catalog Categories
      • Publishing Catalog Categories
      • Managing Category Content Views
      • Managing Products Within Catalog Categories
      • Assigning Products Using Filters
      • Managing Catalog/Category Images
      • Managing SEO Features for Catalogs and Categories
      • Managing Sorting Attributes of Standard Catalogs
      • Manual Sorting
      • Managing Category/Product Links of Standard Catalogs
        • Defining Category/Product Links
        • Sorting Category/Product Links
        • Removing Category/Product Links
    • Classification Catalog Management
    • Catalog View Management
    • Managing Product Filters
    • Product Management
    • Managing Product and Category Images
    • Product Sharing Management
    • Manufacturer Alias Management
    • Managing Inbound Product Sharing
    • Managing Product Data Feeds
    • Catalog Import and Export: Tasks
    • Catalog and Product Preferences
  • Content Management

    This section covers tasks related to creating, managing and sharing master pages, components and other assets that are subject to content management.

  • Online Marketing

    This section introduces online marketing concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to managing promotions and discounts, coupons and gift certificates, affiliate partners and partner programs, and short links.

  • Orders and Fulfillment

    This section introduces the order process and outlines administrative tasks related to managing orders, including order status handling and order export, as well as managing shipping methods and payment methods.

  • Customer Management

    This section outlines concepts and administrative tasks related to managing customer profiles and customer segments. It also covers customer import and export tasks.

  • Operation and Maintenance

    This section gives an overview of typical activities in the context of managing the organization, channels, applications, partners, services and mass-data business operations.

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  2. Catalogs and Products

    This section introduces catalog and product concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to repository management, catalog management, and import & export.

  3. Standard Catalog Management
  4. Managing Category/Product Links of Standard Catalogs
  • Introduction

    This section provides an overview of basic concepts and architectural features used in Intershop Commerce Management.

  • Catalogs and Products

    This section introduces catalog and product concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to repository management, catalog management, and import & export.

    • Catalog and Product Management: Concepts
    • Product Sharing Management: Concepts
    • Product Data Feeds: Concepts
    • Product Completeness
    • Standard Catalog Management
      • Creating Catalogs
      • Editing Catalogs
      • Managing Catalog-Channel Assignments
      • Setting Catalogs Online
      • Deleting Catalogs
      • Creating Catalog Categories
      • Editing Catalog Categories
      • Deleting Catalog Categories
      • Copying Catalog Categories
      • Publishing Catalog Categories
      • Managing Category Content Views
      • Managing Products Within Catalog Categories
      • Assigning Products Using Filters
      • Managing Catalog/Category Images
      • Managing SEO Features for Catalogs and Categories
      • Managing Sorting Attributes of Standard Catalogs
      • Manual Sorting
      • Managing Category/Product Links of Standard Catalogs
        • Defining Category/Product Links
        • Sorting Category/Product Links
        • Removing Category/Product Links
    • Classification Catalog Management
    • Catalog View Management
    • Managing Product Filters
    • Product Management
    • Managing Product and Category Images
    • Product Sharing Management
    • Manufacturer Alias Management
    • Managing Inbound Product Sharing
    • Managing Product Data Feeds
    • Catalog Import and Export: Tasks
    • Catalog and Product Preferences
  • Content Management

    This section covers tasks related to creating, managing and sharing master pages, components and other assets that are subject to content management.

  • Online Marketing

    This section introduces online marketing concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to managing promotions and discounts, coupons and gift certificates, affiliate partners and partner programs, and short links.

  • Orders and Fulfillment

    This section introduces the order process and outlines administrative tasks related to managing orders, including order status handling and order export, as well as managing shipping methods and payment methods.

  • Customer Management

    This section outlines concepts and administrative tasks related to managing customer profiles and customer segments. It also covers customer import and export tasks.

  • Operation and Maintenance

    This section gives an overview of typical activities in the context of managing the organization, channels, applications, partners, services and mass-data business operations.

Managing Category/Product Links of Standard Catalogs

Category links and product links relate a catalog category to specific products or to other catalog categories. Category links and product links may have different business semantics and can be used for different purposes. These differences are expressed by different link types. For details about the link types, see Category Links and Product Links.

Category links and product links are managed via the Links tab. This tab lists both "outbound" links and "inbound" links. Outbound links define another product or category as the "relation target" ("<link type> for"), whereas inbound links make the current category the "relation target" of another product or category ("is <link type> of").

The link type selection is divided into two columns: The left one shows the outbound links, the right one shows the inbound links. Selecting a link type displays the corresponding link list that shows the actual links. Multiple link lists are grouped by link types, where outbound links precede inbound links of the same type.

Outbound category/product links can be sorted manually.

Available tasks for this topic can be found here:
  • Defining Category/Product Links
  • Sorting Category/Product Links
  • Removing Category/Product Links

Defining Category/Product Links

To define category links or product links:

  1. Navigate to the category level at which you want to work.
    Select the intended management context from the context selection box, then select Catalogs | Catalogs. Then click the catalog and category names until you reach the intended category level.
  2. Click the icon in the row of the catalog or category you intend to edit.
    This opens the Standard Product Catalog dialog. Catalogs or categories shared from a parent management context cannot be edited but only viewed ().
  3. Change to the Links tab.
    This displays all category links and product links already defined. The lists can be filtered by link type.
  4. Select the intended link type.
    This displays the corresponding link list.
  5. In the intended section (Products | Categories) of the link list, click Assign.
    For product links, the product list view is displayed. The checkboxes for products to which a link has already been defined are grayed out. For category links, the available categories are displayed in a tree view. Expand the tree to display the intended category. The checkboxes for categories to which a link has already been defined are grayed out.
  6. Locate the product or category to be linked and select the corresponding checkbox(es).
    This selects the product or category intended to act as the link target for outbound links or as the link originator for inbound links.
  7. Click OK.
    The selected categories or products are now displayed in the corresponding section (Products | Categories) of the selected link type list.

Sorting Category/Product Links

To sort category links or product links:

  1. Navigate to the category level at which you want to work.
    Select the intended management context from the context selection box, then select Catalogs | Catalogs. Then click the catalog and category names until you reach the intended category level.
  2. Click the icon in the row of the catalog or category you intend to edit.
    This opens the Standard Product Catalog dialog. Catalogs or categories shared from a parent management context cannot be edited but only viewed ().
  3. Change to the Links tab.
    This displays all category links and product links already defined.
  4. Select the intended link type.
    This displays the corresponding link list.
  5. Select the checkboxes for the links that you want to sort manually.
  6. Use the arrow buttons to rearrange the product links.
    The display order is changed immediately.

Removing Category/Product Links

To delete category links or product links:

  1. Navigate to the category level at which you want to work.
    Select the intended management context from the context selection box, then select Catalogs | Catalogs. Then click the catalog and category names until you reach the intended category level.
  2. Click the icon in the row of the catalog or category you intend to edit.
    This opens the Standard Product Catalog dialog. Catalogs or categories shared from a parent management context cannot be edited but only viewed ().
  3. Change to the Links tab.
    This displays all category links and product links already defined. The lists can be filtered by link type.
  4. Select the intended link type.
    This displays the corresponding link list.
  5. Select the checkboxes for the links that you want to remove.
  6. Click Unassign, then OK to confirm the operation.
    The selected link relation is removed.
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  • Defining Category/Product Links
  • Sorting Category/Product Links
  • Removing Category/Product Links

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