WebSphere Commerce Enterprise

Enabling image-based facets for the B2B Hardware category

After you publish the Aurora starter store as a B2B direct store, you can enable certain facets for products in the Fasteners and Lighting categories. These facets, such as Head style for screws and Bulb shape for lighting products, have associated images to help buyers find the right product quickly. The enablement steps involve selecting the descriptive attributes to display as facets in the Catalogs tool in Management Center and then previewing the results.


Head style and Bulb shape facets

Procedure

  1. Open the Catalogs tool.
  2. From the list of stores, select the AuroraB2BEsite store that you published.
  3. In the explorer view, expand the explorer tree to show the Hardware category and all of its subcategories:

    Hardware category and subcategories
  4. Enable the Head style facet for bolts:
    1. On the explorer tree, click the Bolts category.
      The Bolts - Catalog Entries List page displays in the work area.
    2. Right-click the row for the FB041-4101 T-Handle Bolt product, and then click Open.
    3. Click the Descriptive attributes tab.
    4. Right-click the row for the Head style attribute, and then click Open.
      The Head style attribute opens in the attribute dictionary.
    5. Select the Use in faceted navigation check box.
    6. Click Save and then click Close.
  5. Enable the Drive type facet for screws:
    1. On the explorer tree, click the Screws category.
      The Screws - Catalog Entries List page displays in the work area.
    2. Right-click the row for the FSC039_3901 Socket Cap Screw product, and then click Open.
    3. Click the Descriptive attributes tab.
    4. Right-click the row for the Drive type attribute, and then click Open.
    5. Select the Use in faceted navigation check box.
    6. Click Save and then click Close.
  6. Enable the Style facet for nuts:
    1. On the explorer tree, click the Nuts category.
      The Nuts - Catalog Entries List page displays in the work area.
    2. Right-click the row for the FNU040_4001 Heavy Hex Nut product, and then click Open.
    3. Click the Descriptive attributes tab.
    4. Right-click the row for the Style attribute, and then click Open.
    5. Select the Use in faceted navigation check box.
    6. Click Save and then click Close.
  7. Enable the Base type and Bulb shape facets for lighting:
    1. On the explorer tree, click the Hardware Lighting category.
      The Hardware Lighting - Catalog Entries List page displays in the work area.
    2. Right-click the row for the LA042_4201 Compact Fluorescent Bulb product, and then click Open.
    3. Click the Descriptive attributes tab.
    4. Right-click the row for the Base type attribute, and then click Open.
    5. Select the Use in faceted navigation check box.
    6. Click Save and then click Close.
    7. Right-click the row for the Bulb shape attribute, and then click Open.
    8. Select the Use in faceted navigation check box.
    9. Click Save and then click Close.
  8. Launch store preview.
    WebSphere Commerce begins indexing the facet changes. This process might take a while, and you cannot see the new facets until indexing is complete.
    Tip: To monitor the indexing status, at the top of the store preview window, click Show Details. The indexing status might show that there are pending changes, as shown in this screen capture:
    Status showing pending indexing changes in store preview
    For a status update, click Refresh Status. When indexing is complete, the status changes to Indexing is up to date.
  9. To view the facets, browse to any of the following category pages in the Aurora starter store: Nuts, Bolts, Screws, and Lighting.
    In the left sidebar, the relevant facets for the category are displayed.