There are instances where a brand’s PLM system is able to provide total assortment but not one specific to certain regions/customer types. In those instances, Internal Assortment Builder is a good fit to give our Brands the ability to create catalogs specific to those regions/customer types.
To Enable Internal Assortment Builder (IAB) please reach out to Elastic support as some set up is required.
Notes on usage:
Brands can only build IAB off of a single master catalog for a site at a time. However, would be able to go back into recipe and change the Prototype Catalog Key to use a different master catalog as a base.
New Catalog button will appear in CSP >> Data >> Catalogs
Clicking New Catalog will take you to the New Catalog Screen:
All the fields that are in a normal catalog are available:Catalogs
Note: Newly created IAB catalog would be a snapshot of the Base Catalog from the Prototype Catalog Key
After IAB Catalog has been created:
Click the Assort Button to assign products to the IAB Catalog:
Click the Publish Button to expose the IAB Catalog to users:
Notes:
Inventory is the only Import that updates with IAB Catalogs. If other imports are desired (product data, prices, images, etc.) the IAB catalog will need to be republished.
Existing Catalog and Inventory Rules and Recipe Settings still apply.
Catalog Tile Images won’t get inherited from the Master Catalog.
Duplicate Feature for IAB - Just copies the assortment, the catalog settings, and permissions.