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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.
Tutorials
WebSphere Commerce provides many tutorials.
Management Center
The following tutorials demonstrate how to customize the Management Center.
Adding dynamic text fields to the Store Management tool
This tutorial demonstrates how to add dynamic text fields in the Store Management tool and display this new content in the storefront. To complete this tutorial you modify definition files to use UserData element support, you add a profile field to the Store Management tool and then add the content to your storefront. The Store Management tool provides support for the UserData element in the logical layer object noun and physical layer database. This support acts as an extension point for adding new customizable data fields to a store profile.
Adding a customizable field to the Store Management tool
In this lesson, you create the field in the Management Center property view profile tab that links to the field1 column in the database STORE table.

Adding a customizable field to the profile tab in the Store Management tool

In this lesson, you create the field in the Management Center property view profile tab that links to the field1 column in the database STORE table.

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In the Enterprise Explorer view, navigate to LOBTools > WebContent > config > commerce > store > propertiesViews.
Open StorePropertiesView.def for editing.

Add a PropertyGroup object definition for the new customizable field:

Locate the following code snippet:

<PropertyInputText name="email" promptText="${stoStoreResources.emailLabel}" objectPath="StoreContactInformation" propertyName="email1"/>

Add the following new code to the end of the previous code snippet:

<PropertyInputText name="storeManager" promptText="${stoStoreResourcesExt.storeManager}" propertyName="x_customField1" />