Working in extended site stores in Management Center

If your company operates an extended site, you can perform certain tasks directly from your extended site store within Management Center.

For example, from your extended site store, you can complete the following actions:

Create, edit, and view business objects that are owned by the extended sites store.
View and use certain shared business objects that are owned by and inherited from the catalog asset store and the storefront asset store. If you also have access to the asset stores, you can perform more tasks on these inherited business objects from within the extended site store. For example, you can change and delete products that are owned by the catalog asset store from within an extended site store.

Working with business objects owned by the catalog asset store

When you are logged on to an extended site store, you can perform certain actions on catalog objects that are owned by the catalog asset store. The following table describes the actions that you can perform in an extended site store. The available actions depend on whether you have access to the extended site store only, or both the extended site store and the asset store.


Business object that is owned by the catalog asset store	You have access to:
Business object that is owned by the catalog asset store	Extended site store only	Extended site store and catalog asset store
Category	View Use as parent category when you are creating new category, product, bundle, or kit in the extended site store	Change Delete Make a copy in the extended site Use as parent category when you are creating new category, product, bundle, or kit in the extended site store
Product and SKU	View Use when you are creating new bundles, kits, or merchandising associations in the extended site store Override and set a store specific name and description for an inherited product or SKU in an extended site store	Change Delete Make a copy in the extended site Use when you are creating new bundles, kits, or merchandising associations in the extended site store Override and set a store specific name and description for a product or SKU in an extended site store or group of stores
Price	View Override in the extended site store	Change Delete Override in the extended site store
Bundle and Kit	View Add or remove attribute dictionary attributes from bundles and kits Override and set a store specific name and description for an inherited bundle or kit in an extended site store	Change Add only the SKUs that are owned by the asset store Cannot add SKUs that are owned by the extended site store or another asset store Delete Make a copy in the extended site store Add or remove attribute dictionary attributes from bundles and kits Override and set a store specific name and description for a bundle or kit in an extended site store or group of stores
Attachment	View Use as an attachment when you are creating new product or SKU in the extended site store	Change Delete Make a copy in the extended site Use as attachment when you are creating new product or SKU in the extended site store
Managed file	View Use to create an attachment in the extended site store	Change Delete Make a copy in the extended site Use to create an attachment in the extended site store
Attribute dictionary attributes	View Add to products, bundles, kits, or SKUs that are owned by the extended site store Remove from products, bundles, kits, or SKUs that are owned by the extended site store	Create Delete Change Add to products, bundles, kits, or SKUs Remove from products, bundles, kits, or SKUs
Attribute dictionary attribute values	View Copy	Make a copy in the extended site store Change Add to products, bundles, kits, or SKUs Create new local attribute values for inherited attributes
Attribute (non-attribute dictionary)	View	Change Delete Make a copy in the extended site store Add to products or SKUs Create new local attribute values for inherited attributes
Merchandising association	View	Change Add only the products or SKUs that are owned by the asset store You cannot add products or SKUs that are owned by the extended site store or another asset store Delete Make a copy in the extended site
Sales catalog	View Use as source for local sales catalogs Set as a default catalog for only the extended site store	Change (can add only categories or catalog entries that are owned by the asset store. You cannot add products or SKUs that are owned by the extended site store or another asset store) Delete Make a copy in the extended site store Set a default catalog for all extended site stores in the asset store
Attribute folders	View Use asset store folders to aid in organizing extended site store attribute dictionary. Users can add one or more extended site attribute folders into an asset store folder. Users can remove or delete any extended site attribute folders from an asset store folder	View, create, change, delete. Use to organize the asset store attribute dictionary. Users can add attributes or subfolders into a folder, or delete attributes or subfolders from a folder. Use to organize the extended site store attribute dictionary. Users can add one or more extended site attribute folders into an asset store folder. Users can remove or delete any extended site attribute folders from an asset store folder

Working with business objects owned by the storefront asset store

When you are logged on to an extended site store, you can perform certain actions on marketing and promotion objects that are owned by the storefront asset store. The following table describes the actions that you can perform in an extended site store. The available actions depend on whether you have access to the extended site store only, or both the extended site store and the asset store.


Business object that is owned by the storefront asset store	You have access to:
Business object that is owned by the storefront asset store	Extended site store only	Extended site store and storefront asset store
E-Marketing Spot	View Use when you are creating new web activities	Change Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Use when you are creating new web activities
Campaign	View	Change Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Assign campaign activities to (can assign only the campaign activities that are owned in the asset store)
Marketing activity	View	Change: When you are creating properties that reference objects (e-Marketing Spot, email template, content, catalog entry), you can reference only the business objects that are owned by the asset store. You cannot reference business objects that are owned by an extended site store or another asset store. Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Activate or deactivate
Email template	View Use when you are creating new email activities	Change Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Use when you are creating new email activities
Content	View Use when you are creating new marketing activities	Change Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Use when you are creating new marketing activities
Promotion	View Use when you are creating new marketing activities	Change Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Activate or deactivate
Customer segment	View Use when you are creating new marketing activities	Change Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Use when you are creating new marketing activities
Promotion folders	View Use to organize extended site promotion folders. Users can add one or more extended site folders into an asset store folder. Users can remove or delete extended site folders from an asset store folder	View Create, change, delete. Use to organize asset store promotions. Users can add promotions into a folder, or delete promotions from a folder. Users can add subfolders into a folder, or delete subfolders from a folder. Use to organize the extended site store promotions. Users can add one or more extended site promotion folders into an asset store folder. Users can remove or delete any extended site promotion folders from an asset store folder
Marketing folders	View Use to organize extended site marketing folders. Users can add one or more extended site folders into an asset store folder. Users can remove or delete extended site folders from an asset store folder	View, create, change, delete. Use to organize asset store e-Marketing Spots, content, activities, and customer segments. Users can add marketing objects or subfolders into a marketing folder of the same object type, or delete objects or subfolders from a folder. Use to organize the extended site store marketing objects. Users can add one or more extended site marketing folders into an asset store folder. Users can remove or delete any extended site marketing folders from an asset store folder
Pages	View	Change Delete Copy in the extended site store Assign a layout
Layouts	View	Change Delete Duplicate in the extended site store Assign to a page

User roles and extended sites (consumer direct)

This table describes the user roles that can access each type of store in a consumer direct extended sites business model. This table also describes how these user roles use extended sites.
Type of store	User roles that can access this store	User role can:
Catalog asset store	Category Manager	Create, change, and delete categories Create new products, bundles, or kits List catalog entries Work with merchandising associations Generate reports Create, change, view, and delete category versions. Create, change, view, and delete catalog entry versions. Create search term associations Create, change, delete, and work with attribute folders
Storefront asset store	Marketing Manager	Manage the following business objects: Customer segments Campaigns Marketing activities E-Marketing Spots Email templates Content Search rules Promotions Promotion folders Marketing folders Pages Layouts
Extended site store	Marketing Manager Category Manager Seller	Manage all business objects that are owned by the extended site store, according to the user role. Can also work with business objects owned by asset stores. See: Working with business objects owned by the catalog asset store Working with business objects owned by the storefront asset store

User roles and extended sites (B2B direct)

This table describes the user roles that can access each type of store in a B2B direct extended sites business model. This table also describes how these user roles use extended sites.
Type of store	User roles that can access this store	User role can:
Catalog asset store	Category Manager	Create, change, and delete categories Create new products, bundles, or kits List catalog entries Work with merchandising associations Generate reports Create, change, view, and delete category versions. Create, change, view, and delete catalog entry versions. Create search term associations Create, change, delete, and work with attribute folders
Storefront asset store	Marketing Manager Seller Sales Manager Account Representative	Set up marketing activities and promotions, specifically: Customer segments Campaigns Marketing activities E-Marketing Spots Email templates Content Search rules Promotions Promotion folders Marketing folders Pages Layouts
Extended site store	Marketing Manager Category Manager Seller Buyer Sales Manager Logistics Manager Account Representative	Manage all business objects that are owned by the extended site store, according to the user role. Can also work with business objects owned by asset stores. See: Working with business objects owned by the catalog asset store Working with business objects owned by the storefront asset store