Catalog Management

Scenario

Consider that you wish to validate the Brand and Part Type combination on created Catalog "FCQT Air Filter" and verify if the respective catalog information is authorized or unauthorized.

The following lists the sequence of steps for the Catalog in this use case:

1. You have imported the Applications via the ACES XML file and the related Catalog 'FCQT Air Filter' has been created or updated in the system.
2. As soon as the "Catalog" is created, the Catalog Management flow is initiated and all such Catalogs are in the "Unauthorized Part Type" process flow step.
3. The Content Specialist performs validations.
   
   • If Content Specialist wishes to approve the "Catalog", then the Approver must manually click Approve.
   • If the defined criteria are not passed, then the Content Specialist can manually click Reject, and the "Catalog" moves to the "Permanently Unauthorized" process flow step.
4. The Content Specialist can delete the catalog at the "Permanently Unauthorized" step.
   The Catalog is unauthorized and is removed from the system.
5. The approved catalogs from the Content Specialist are shown in the review stage for the vendor.
6. If the vendor reviews the catalog and approves then the catalogs will be imported to the system.

Configure Protected Catalog Creation

To enable the Protected Catalog Creation button in the UI, the following configurations should be added by the Data Supplier.

• Configuration Details:

  • In the plugin-autoapp-uploader_datasupplier.json file:
    • Specify the value "datasupplier" for the key "role" under the "context" object.
    • Specify true in the "enabled" parameter of the "protectedCatalog" object.
    • Specify the value "Protected Catalog Creation" for the key "title" under the "protectedCatalog" object.

• File Details:

  • Download
    plugin-autoapp-uploader_datasupplier.json

Delete Catalog

When you want to delete the catalog, then select the value "All" from the Marked for Deletion drop-down list.

To delete a catalog from the system:

1. Click the required Catalog from the Search Automotive page.
   Result: The Manage Catalog page is displayed.
   

2. Select Basic Attributes from the Attributes drop-down list.

3. Select the value "All" from the Marked for Deletion drop-down list.
   

   
   Once the catalog is marked for deletion, the scheduled job picks the catalog and ensures the catalog-related application groups and application records are deleted from the system.

Partial Catalog Deletion

An application or an application group can be deleted within the catalog. It covers the following scenarios:
When a catalog has an application group and each application group has multiple application records within it,

• Deleting an application group deletes all the application records under the associated application group. Hence, a catalog is deleted.
• Deleting any one application record in the application group will delete only the selected application and not the entire catalog.
• Deleting all the application records within the application group will have the application group deleted.

Delete Country from Catalog

When you want to delete the country, then select the required country name from Marked for Deletion drop-down list.

To delete a country from the catalog:

1. Click the required Catalog from the Search Automotive page.
   Result: The Manage Catalog page is displayed.
   

2. Select Basic Attributes from the Attributes drop-down list.

3. Select the country that you want to delete from the Marked for Deletion drop-down list.
   
   
   Once the country is marked for deletion, the scheduled job picks the country from the respective catalog and ensures the country-related application groups and application records are deleted from the system.

Walkthrough

Watch this walkthrough to navigate through the Catalog Management flow.