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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).
Workspace Management tool
As a workspace manager, you can use the Workspace Management tool in Management Center to manage and edit workspaces, its task groups, and tasks. It provides a single view across all workspaces and all tasks in the workspaces where managers can see how work is progressing.
Working with roles in workspaces, task groups, and tasks
The workspace manager, task group approver, and content contributors can only perform tasks associated with their role.
Working with workspaces
You can only perform tasks associated with your role in workspaces.
Creating workspace templates
You can create workspaces with the specific purpose of serving as templates for new workspaces. In doing so, you can reuse its task groups and tasks for other workspaces.

Creating workspace templates

You can create workspaces with the specific purpose of serving as templates for new workspaces. In doing so, you can reuse its task groups and tasks for other workspaces.

Before you begin

Ensure that you are logged in to the Workspace Management tool as one of the following roles:

Workspace manager

Procedure

Open the Workspace Management tool.
Create a workspace, intended to be used as a template for new workspaces.
Ensure that its status remains as inactive, so that it remains open in the Workspace Management tool. That is, do not work on any of the task groups or tasks within the template workspace.
Create common task groups and tasks for the workspace, that can be reused for other workspaces.
Copy your desired task groups and tasks from your workspace template into other workspaces as needed.

What to do next

After creating a workspace template: