This page allows you to manage categories: add, delete, sort, move to another category, and edit category attributes. To learn additional details, you can launch the Video Tutorial that will show you the category management process.
Main Concepts
Categories and products.
Imagine that you own a huge bookstore with thousands of books in stock. The store is divided into departments, e.g. Finance, Small Business, E-Commerce. A book titled "Selling Online: How to Become a Successful E-Commerce Merchant" (ISBN - 0793145171) by Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead is on sale in the E-Commerce department.
In the Avactis system this book is a Product. Products are any items that are delivered to a customer, such as books, shirts, software, electronic documents. The store's departments, e.g. Finance, Small Business, and E-Commerce are called categories in the Avactis software.
Categories and subcategories. What is the category tree?
For instance, you sell books on Finance, Marketing, Small Business, E-Commerce. The Small Business category contains subcategories Bookkeeping, Franchises, and Mail Order, which may be represented as a category tree:
In this example Finance, Small Business, and E-Commerce are 1st level categories in the category tree. Bookkeeping, Franchises, and Mail Order are 2nd level categories. At the same time, Bookkeeping, Franchises and Mail Order are subcategories of the Small Business category.
Generally, when we mention a category we imply all corresponding subcategories as well.
'Category' and 'subcategory' are always relative notions. For instance, in the above example we have categories Finance, Small Business, E-Commerce, Bookkeeping, Franchises, and Mail Order, while in the Small Business category we have subcategories Bookkeeping, Franchises, and Mail Order.
Toolbar Description
Current Category
The Current Category line shows the category you are currently working with, and the complete path to this category on the category tree. Using the links, you can always move to higher-level categories.
Subcategories
Shows the list of subcategories for a given category. By clicking on a category name you can move to lower-level categories.
Subcategory ID
Displays the unique category number.
Products
This column shows the number of products in a given category, including products in the nested subcategories.
Included Categories
Shows the number of lower-level subcategories in a given category.
Add Category
Allows to create a new subcategory in the current category shown in the Current Category line.
Move
Allows to move categories. To move a category, first select the category, then click the Move button. A new window for moving the categories will come up. Follow the instructions in this window.
Edit
Allows to edit the name and other parameters of a category. To edit a category, first select the category, then click the Edit button. A new edit window will come up. Follow the instructions in this window.
Delete
Allows to delete categories. To delete a category, first select the category, then click the Delete button. A category delete window will come up. Follow the instructions in this window. Be careful. When you delete a category, you will also delete all products and lower-level subcategories within this category.
Info
Allows to view information about the selected category. To view information about a category, first select the category, then click the Info button. A new window showing information about the selected category will come up.
Sort
Allows to sort subcategories in the current category. To sort subcategories, click the Sort button. A new window will come up. Follow the instructions in this window.
To learn additional details, you can launch the Video Tutorial that will show you the category management process.
Add Category
On this page you can create a new subcategory in the current category (as shown in the Current Category line). All fields indicated by red color and marked with an asterisk ( * ) are mandatory fields. You can input data into the remaining fields later.
To view information about a specific attribute, click the question mark ( ? ). This will open a new window with the description of this attribute of the category.
Once you have finished entering the data, click the Save button. This will create a new subcategory in the current category.
If you don't want to create a new category, click the Cancel button.
To watch a video clip showing how to enter information about a new category, click the Video Tutorial link.
Delete Category
This page allows you to delete all products and all subcategories, including nested ones, in the selected category. In this case the system displays the entire list of subcategories and products to be deleted. If you really want to delete all subcategories and products in the current category, click the Delete button. To close the window, click the Cancel button.
ATTENTION!!! You cannot restore products and subcategories after deletion.
Edit Category
On this page you can edit the selected category. All attributes indicated by red color and marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory. You can enter the remaining attributes later.
To view information about a specific attribute, click the question mark (?). This will open a new window with the description of this attribute of the category.
Once you have finished entering the data, click the Save button. This will save all changes you have just made.
If you don't want to edit the category, click the Cancel button.
To watch a video clip showing how to enter information about a new category, click the Video Tutorial link.
Category Info
Category Info shows information about the selected category.
To view information about a specific attribute, click the question mark (?). This will open a new window with the description of this attribute of the category.
To switch to the edit mode, click Edit. To close the help page, click Cancel.
Move Category
On this page you can move the selected category to a new location.
The selected category is indicated in the Selected Category line. The new location for this category is displayed in the Traget Location line.
Select subcategory for determination of the new location. Click Move. This will move the subcategory, together with nested subcategories, to the new location.
To close the window, click the Cancel button. To see an example of how you can move a category in a real catalog, click the Video Tutorial link.
Sort Categories
On this page you can sort subcategories in the current category (as shown in the Current Category line). To re-order the subcategories, select targeted subcategory and specify the new sorting order using the up and down arrows.
To save the sorted results, click Save. To cancel the sorting, click Cancel.
