Catalog administration in Sterling Business Center

In the Catalog dashlet, you can perform many different administrative tasks. For example, you can create a New Item, New Service, or Manage Catalog Indexes.

Use this dashlet to perform a quick search for an item and to perform various catalog administration tasks. To search for an item, enter the unique identifier of the item in the Quick Find Item box, and click the Go icon. To perform various administration tasks, click the corresponding task hyperlink. The following table describes the tasks that can be performed from the home page for the Catalog module:

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New Item
  • Create a Regular Item in Sterling Business Center
  • Create a Bundle Item in Sterling Business Center
  • Create a Physical Kit Item in Sterling Business Center
  • Creating an Item With Variations in Sterling Business Center
  • Create a Logical Kit Item in Sterling Business Center
Manage Classifications
  • View Classification List
  • Create a Classification in Sterling Business Center
Find Item Search for an Item Manage Attributes
  • Define the Attribute Domain Details
  • Create an Attribute Group
Browse Maintenance Catalog
  • Define Master Catalog Details
  • Create a Category in Sterling Business Center
  • Add an Asset to a Category
  • Modify Asset Details in a Category
  • Delete an Asset from a Category
  • Localize the Fields in Sterling Business Center
New Entitlement Creating a Customer Entitlement Rule
Manage Catalogs
  • Set a Catalog as an Active Selling Catalog
  • Create a Catalog in Sterling Business Center
Find Entitlement Search for a Customer Entitlement
New Service
  • Create a Delivery Service
  • Create a Provided Service in Sterling Business Center
  • Create a Value-Added Service in Sterling Business Center
Test Entitlement Setup Test a Customer Entitlement
Find Service Search for a Service Launch Configurator Visual Modeler Launch Visual Modeler
Manage Catalog Indexes
  • Generate a New Search Index
  • Generate an Incremental Search Index
  • Activate a Search Index
  • Delete a Search Index
  • Delete Search Indexes by Date
Launch Configurator Visual Modeler Launch Visual Modeler