Changing static kits and prebuilt kits

You can change a kit if any of the components of the kit change.

About this task

There are two ways to add a kit to your catalog:

By copying an existing kit
By creating a kit
Note: You cannot create a kit in the sales catalog. Add a kit by copying an existing one from the master catalog.

Note: If you are using the Extended Sites business model and are currently in the extended site store, you can add a kit that belongs to the asset store. To add the kit, you must copy the current asset store kit. When you copy the kit that you inherit from your asset store to the extended store, the copied kit becomes local to the store, not inherited.

Procedure

Open the Catalogs tool.
From the explorer filter, select Master Catalog.
Find the kit you want to change.

Expand the General Kit Information section. Complete the following information:

Property	Description
Kit Type	Choose kit. This field is only available from the Manage Kit tab.
Code	The language independent catalog entry identifier.
Name	The name of the catalog entry
Short description	Type a brief description of the catalog entry.
Long description	Type a detailed description, if applicable.
Keyword	Type one or more keywords, which are separated by a comma and a space that describe the contents of the Web page. Some Internet search engines use these keywords to determine whether your page satisfies a search query. This field can be edited in multiple languages.
Additional description 1	Type a detailed description of the catalog entry, if applicable.
Additional description 2	Type a detailed description of the catalog entry, if applicable.
Manufacturer	Type the name of the manufacturer or vendor.
Manufacturer part number	Type the part number for the catalog entry, uniquely defined by the manufacturer. The part number is different from the code.
Parent category (master catalog)	The category to which an object such as a category, product, or SKU belongs, or the catalog to which a top category belongs. See Moving a catalog entry for an example of how to change the parent category.
Recurring order item	Indicate whether the kit is available for a recurring order.
For purchase	Indicate whether customers can include the catalog entry in their shopping carts and order it.

Expand the Publishing section. Complete the following information:

Property	Description
For purchase	This check box is read-only and cannot be cleared if the entries for purchase are on auction.
On special	Indicates whether the catalog entry is on special.
On auction	Indicates whether the catalog entry is available for auction. This field is read-only.
Announcement date	Add the year, month, and day that the catalog entry becomes available to customers. Click the calendar icon to select a date. This is an informational field.
Withdrawal date	Add the year, month, and day that the catalog entry is removed from the catalog and is unavailable for customers to purchase. Click the calendar icon to select a date. This is an informational field.
Availability date	Add the year, month, and day that the catalog entry is available to customers for purchase. Click the calendar icon to select a date. This is an informational field.
Last date to order	Add the final year, month, and day that the catalog entry is available for order. Click the calendar icon to select a date. This is the latest date that a customer can order the catalog entry. For example, a manufacturer can discontinue a product, but because stock still exists, it is still available for order for one month.
End of service date	Add the year, month, and day when the catalog entry is no longer in service. For example, this date can be the date that a software manufacturer stops providing upgrades for a version of their product. Click the calendar icon to select a date. This is an informational field.
Discontinued date	Add the year, month, and day when the catalog entry is discontinued. For example, it can be the date that the manufacturer stops producing the product, or the date your store stops selling the product. Click the calendar icon to select a date. It is recommended that this field is used consistently to avoid confusion. This is an informational field.

Expand the Display section. Complete the following information:

Property	Description
Display to customers	Select this check box to indicate that customers can view this category in the storefront.
Thumbnail	Type the path to the thumbnail image and the name of the image, such as images/shirt.jpg. All image files must be placed in the store's defined image directory. Determining the correct image directory and whether you need an absolute or relative path depends on your store's configuration. For example, the WebSphere Commerce starter store images use a relative path that points to the default installation directory under the store name. Use of a relative path is most common. Use of an absolute path is dependent on your initial configuration. Ask a store developer with Site Administrator authority for the correct image directory if you are unsure. This field can be edited in multiple languages. For the Aurora starter store, this path must be to the 160-pixel-wide thumbnail image of this catalog entry, for example:images/catalog/apparel/women/womens_dresses_160x160/WD_038_a_blue.jpgThis path must have a directory with a name that contains the following character string: `160x160`. The server matches the character string to locate this image and the other catalog entry images in different sizes.
Full image	Type the path to the full-size image and the name of the image, such as images/shirt.jpg. For the Aurora starter store, this path must be to the 1000-pixel-wide full image of this catalog entry, for example:images/catalog/apparel/women/womens_dresses_1000x1000/WD_038_a_blue.jpgThis path must have a directory with a name that contains the following character string: `1000x1000`. The server matches the character string to locate other catalog entry images in different sizes. The 1000-pixel-wide full image is not currently used in the Aurora storefront. On the product details page, the 447-pixel-wide image is used as the full image of the product.

Expand the Pricing section. Complete the following information:

Property	Description
List Price	An optional field to display the list price. List price is sometimes called MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price). This price is intended for catalog display purposes only; it is not typically used as the actual price customers must pay. A store might display a list price above an offer price to show customers that they are getting a better deal with the offer price. One common use of the list price is to display the MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price). Your site can choose not to use a list price at all.
Offer Price	The price at which the catalog entry is offered for purchase. Click New to add in a new offer price. Type a Minimum Quantity at which the catalog entry can be offered at this price. The maximum quantity is determined by the minimum quantity of the next range. For example, if the minimum quantity of a catalog entry to be sold at $35.00 is one, and the minimum quantity of the same catalog entry to be sold at $25.00 is 10, then the maximum quantity for the catalog entry to be sold at $35.00 is nine.

Property

Description

List Price

An optional field to display the list price. List price is sometimes called MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price). This price is intended for catalog display purposes only; it is not typically used as the actual price customers must pay. A store might display a list price above an offer price to show customers that they are getting a better deal with the offer price. One common use of the list price is to display the MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price). Your site can choose not to use a list price at all.

Offer Price

The price at which the catalog entry is offered for purchase. Click New to add in a new offer price. Type a Minimum Quantity at which the catalog entry can be offered at this price. The maximum quantity is determined by the minimum quantity of the next range. For example, if the minimum quantity of a catalog entry to be sold at $35.00 is one, and the minimum quantity of the same catalog entry to be sold at $25.00 is 10, then the maximum quantity for the catalog entry to be sold at $35.00 is nine.

Note: If you are using the Extended Sites business model, the offer price for the catalog asset store is displayed first. Then, the list price and offer price for the extended site store is displayed.

Optional: Expand the Custom section. Complete the following information:

Option	Description
Field 1	A customized field for your catalog entry data. The entry must be a decimal number such as 5.345.
Field 2	A customized field for your catalog entry data. The entry must be a decimal number such as 5.345.
Field 3	A customized field for your catalog entry data. The entry must be a whole number such as 5.
Field 4	A customized field for your catalog entry data. The entry must be text.
Field 5	A customized field for your catalog entry data. The entry must be text.

Optional: Introduced in Feature Pack 3

Click the Search Engine Optimization tab to change the SEO options for the kit:

To insert an SEO substitution parameter, use the format: <seo:SEOSUBSTITUTIONPARAMETER/>.

For example, to add the page title "

Shop coffee-makers
from Madisons

" in the coffee maker category page: "

Shop <seo:CategoryName/>
from <seo:StoreName/>

The following list describes SEO substitution parameters that you can use on kit pages.

SEO substitution parameters
<seo:StoreName/>: The name of the store. For instance, Madisons.
<seo:StoreDescription/>: The store's description. For instance,Online Department Store.
<seo:ProductName/>: The catalog entry's name.
<seo:ProductKeyword/>: The catalog entry's keyword.
<seo:ProductShortDescription/>: The catalog entry's short description.
<seo:ProductPartNumber/>: The catalog entry's part number.
<seo:ProductManufacturerPartNumber/>: The catalog entry's manufacturer's part number.
<seo:ProductManufacturer/>: The catalog entry's manufacturer.

Override the default values for any of the following fields:

Property	Description
URL keyword	Specify a unique name for the category to be used in the URL on the storefront. If you do not specify a keyword, the name is used.
Page title	The language-specific page title for this category. The title that you provide displays in the title bar in the customer's browser.
Meta description	The language-specific meta description for the page. The meta description is used by a search engine to provide a description of your site and this category on a search results page. The text that you provide is put in the page's META tag.
Image alt text	The language-specific image alternative text for the category image. The alt text describes the contents of the image for search engines to accurately rank and index the image. The text that you provide displays when a customer hovers over the category image.

Click the Components tab.Complete the following information:

Property	Description
Sequence	The order in which the object is displayed. Numbers are displayed in ascending order. Lower values display at the top of the list.
Type	The component type.
Store Name	The name of the extended sites store.
Code	The kit unique identifier. This number cannot be changed.
Name	The name of the kit.
Quantity	The number of SKUs within the selected catalog entry.

Click Save; then click Close.

What to do next

The Management Center creates prebuilt kits. If you are using an ATP inventory and want to use static kits, a Site Administrator must update the BASEITEM table by running the following SQL statements. You can create static kits only when your store uses the ATP inventory model.

1. Find the baseitem_id of the CATENTRY that represents the static kit in the BASEITEM table.
2. Open a DB2 command window.
3. Connect to the WebSphere Commerce database.
4. Run the following command: update baseitem set itemtype_id='STKT' where baseitem_id= baseitem_id of the static kit
1. Run sqlplus where the user/password are the user and password for the WebSphere Commerce database.
2. Run the following command: Select * from baseitem where partnumber=' code entered for the static kit ' The part number is the code that was previously set up for the kit when it was created in step 4. Verify that this is the item that you want to update.
3. Run the following command: Update baseitem set itemtype=_id='STKT' where part number=' code entered for static kit '
4. Run the following command: commit;

Click the Descriptive Attributes tab to work with descriptive attributes.
Click the Merchandising Associations tab to work with merchandising associations.
Click the Associated Assets tab to work with attachments.
Click the References tab to view any merchandising associations or all sales catalog categories the kit belongs to.
Click the Versions tab to list the versions of the kit.