HCL Commerce Enterprise

Where to edit prices in Management Center

There are two tools in Management Center that give you the option to manage prices in the default Offer Price and List Price lists: the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool, and the Catalogs tool.

Catalog Filter and Pricing tool

By using this tool, you can manage the default Offer Price and List Price lists, and any other price list you create. The example store in this screen capture has four price lists, and the first two are the default lists:


Example price lists in the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool

You can open a specific price list, and then add, update, and delete price list entries. Any changes that you make in the properties view automatically update the price list:


An open price list in the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool

In the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool:

  • When you edit the default Offer Price and List Price lists, your changes are reflected in the Catalogs tool. To see the updated price in the Catalogs tool, you might need to click the Reload button Reload button in the toolbar.
  • When you edit any other price lists, your changes do not affect the Catalogs tool. This behavior is because the Catalogs tool does not display prices from any other price lists except the default Offer Price and List Price lists.

Tip: If you double-click any catalog entry in the list that is shown in the previous screen capture, the catalog entry opens in the Catalogs tool.

The Catalogs tool

For specific catalog entries, you can view and edit prices from the default Offer Price and List Price lists. For example, if you wanted to make a quick change to a price for the Steamer Pot, you must open it in the Catalogs tool. Then, type a new price. Any changes that you make to these default price lists in the Catalogs tool are reflected in the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool. To see the updated price in the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool, you might need to click the Reload button Reload button in the toolbar.

The following screen capture is the properties view for the Steamer Pot in the Catalogs tool:


Offer price and list price in the Catalogs tool
  • 1 This price is from the default List Price list.
  • 2 This price is from the default Offer Price list.

In the Catalogs tool, you cannot view or edit any other prices except the prices in the default Offer Price and List Price lists. In other words, if you create your own price list, you must use the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool to manage it.

How deletions in one tool affect the other tool

The following table provides examples of how price-related deletions you make in one tool are reflected in the other tool.
Action Effect
In the Catalogs tool, you delete the Steamer Pot catalog entry. In the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool, the corresponding row for the Steamer Pot catalog entry is automatically deleted from the following price lists:
  • The default Offer Price list
  • The default List Price list
  • Any other price list that contains the Steamer Pot catalog entry
In the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool, you delete the row for the Steamer Pot catalog entry from the following price lists:
  • The default Offer Price list
  • The default List Price list
In the Catalogs tool, the corresponding Offer price value and the List price value for that catalog entry are automatically deleted. The catalog entry itself is not deleted.
In the Catalog Filter and Pricing tool, you delete the Steamer Pot catalog entry from a price list other than the following price lists:
  • The default Offer Price list
  • The default List Price list
This deletion has no effect on the Catalogs tool because the tool displays only the default Offer Price list and default List Price list.