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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Operating
IBM Management Center for WebSphere Commerce
The IBM Management Center for WebSphere Commerce, or Management Center, is a suite of tools to support store management, merchandising, and marketing tasks for business users (Sellers, Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Catalog Managers, and others).
Catalog Filter and Pricing tool
Use the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool in Management Center to create and manage catalog filters, price lists, and price rules. Sellers, Sales Managers, and Account Representatives can use the tool's flexible features to implement catalog filtering and pricing strategies that meet the site's business needs over time.
Working with catalog filters
Catalog filters can be managed by Sales Managers, Account Representatives, and Seller Administrators.
Using catalog filters
By creating catalog filters and assigning them to contracts, you can entitle subsets of your catalog to your customers. You can also use catalog filters in price rules to set pricing for different subsets of your catalog.
Assigning a catalog filter to a contract
To entitle different customers to a subset of your catalog on the storefront, you must assign a catalog filter to a contract using WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. This requirement applies to all business models (B2B direct stores, consumer direct stores, and extended site stores); however the assignment steps differ depending on the business model and the type of contract.

WebSphere Commerce Enterprise

Introduced in Feature Pack 2

Assigning a catalog filter to a contract

To entitle different customers to a subset of your catalog on the storefront, you must assign a catalog filter to a contract using WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. This requirement applies to all business models (B2B direct stores, consumer direct stores, and extended site stores); however the assignment steps differ depending on the business model and the type of contract.

About this task

Use the following table to find the right procedure:


Business model	Type of contract	Type of store	Procedure
B2B direct	customer contract	B2B direct stores B2B direct extended site stores	Assigning a catalog filter to a contract: B2B direct stores
	base contract	B2B direct stores B2B direct extended site stores
	base for default contract	B2B direct stores B2B direct extended site stores
	storefront asset store base for default contract	Storefront asset stores
	default contract	B2B direct stores B2B direct extended site stores	Assigning a catalog filter by modifying the contract XML
consumer direct	default contract	Consumer direct stores Consumer direct extended site stores	Assigning a catalog filter to a contract: consumer direct stores
consumer direct	base for default contract	Storefront asset stores	Assigning a catalog filter by modifying the contract XML