Catalog
Managing catalog data is the scenario that results keeping and appearing the products in different conditions or for different users.
Overview
Describe main entities definitions, navigation, indexation, etc.
Main Entities
Catalog data are managed in Catalog module. Native VirtoCommerce functionality contains the following types:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Catalog | An entity that collects products, categories and identifies them to the store |
| Category | A container for other Categories and Products or Variations with own parameters. It collects products in a certain way. |
| Product | An orderable item of merchandise for sale, can be used for targeted promotions, etc. |
Relations between entities:
| Type | Relations |
|---|---|
| Catalog | (many) catalogs <-> (many) languages; (one) catalog <-> (many) stores; (one) catalog <-> (many) properties; |
| Category | (many) categories <-> (one) physical catalog; (one) category <-> (many) products; (many) categories <-> many tags; (many) categories <-> (many) virtual catalog; |
| Product | (many) products <-> (one) physical catalog; (many) products <-> (one) category; |
Where (many) entity1 <-> (one) entity2 means that entity1 can be related with only one entity2, and entity2 can have many relations with entity1.
It is important to know that there are 4 type of properties:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Catalog property | property appears only for this catalog |
| Category property | property inherits by Categories in this catalog |
| Product property | property inherited through Categories to their products |
| Variation property | property inherited through Categories > through their products to products variations |
There are two Catalog Types:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Physical catalog | A central location to manage your store merchandise, create catalog for a brand, product line or a particular supplier. |
| Virtual catalog | A subset of own categories and links to products and categories from different physical catalogs. |
Indexation
Categories and Products are kept in the index. You need run Product and Category Indexation to put into index their changes.
Atomic functions / scenarios
| Description | Module | Link |
|---|---|---|
| How to create Physical Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to create Virtual Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to edit Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to delete Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to export data from Catalog | Export module | |
| How to import Catalog data | Export module | |
| How to create Category in Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to link Category to virtual Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to link Products to virtual Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to run indexation for products | Search module | |
| How to run indexation for categories | Search module | |
| How to set relation Catalog to Store | Store module | |
| How to add properties to Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to add properties to Category in Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to add properties to products in Catalog | Catalog module | |
| How to add properties to variations in Catalog | Catalog module |
Code extensibility
| Name | Module | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extend Catalog | Catalog module | Add custom field |
User scenario examples
| Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| How to display product in Store in the few Categories | Create needed categories in virtual catalog, link the products to them and relate this catalog to store | |
| How to change product displaying in store without changing the location in the admin side | Create needed categories in virtual catalog, link the products to them and relate this catalog to store |
Last update:
June 9, 2021