Prabhu Padhi, Meera Mahabala Senior Program Manager Catalog Management and Publishing

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Centralized Omni-Channel Management E-CommercePOS IT Pro Experience Catalog Management, Enrichment & Publishing

Pain points and challenges

Key investments

Attributes framework Ability to define engaging enrichment experience via user-definable attributes Centralized category management Ability to centrally manage category hierarchies for various industry usage scenarios Centralized assortment management Ability to centrally manage product assortments targeted for channels

Attribute type Data type, UoM, Bounded, Enumerations Attribute Group Collection of attributes Assigned to categories and channels

Define generic category hierarchy Define Manually or Import hierarchies Tree-style navigation N-level deep category hierarchy Child category nodes inherit from parent node Define category hierarchy purpose Procurement, Retail product, Retail vendor product, Retail supplemental (special groups), Retail channel navigation

Determines product availability Where and When product is available Easier management Utilizes groups of products and channels

Define Retail Category Hierarchy Define Products Define Assortments Create Catalog Add ProductsAttribute ValuesRelated ProductsAdd Channels Navigation Category Category manager Catalog manager

Create catalogApprove catalogPublish catalogValidate catalog Is categorized? Is assorted? Has required value? Workflow enabled Catalog product snapshot Date and time validity

Catalog ProductsCategories and Products Retail Product Hierarchy TV & Video Video Blu-Ray Supplemental Retail Hierarchy TV & Video Attributes & Values Inheritance 2 Yrs. 1 Yr. Get a world of instant entertainment with this smart Blu-ray player. Connect to the Internet and stream movies, listen to music and access a wide variety… … …

Catalog ProductsCategories and Products Channel Channel-1 Channel-2

Key concepts Channel Catalog ProductAttribute Assortment Related Product Product Variant Navigation Category Attribute Value * 1 * * * * * * * * 1 Attribute Group * * * * * * *

Synchronize listing related tables (CDX-Synch Service) Update listing price Create custom site columns and list items Record status per listing Synchronize listing status (CDX-Synch Service) Update catalog aggregated publish status Create listing per variant In- progress Published Or Error Published Or Error AX CRT Sharepoint 2013

Synchronize listing (CDX-Synch Service) Delete listing Record status (expired) per listing Synchronize listing status (CDX-Synch Service) Update catalog aggregated publish status Set expiry date to current date time In- progress Published Or Error Published Or Error AX CRT Sharepoint 2013

Mapping AX entities to SharePoint SharePoint entities Content types and site columns Create relationships between site columns List items Reusable static and dynamic content pages Formatted site columns Functional apps that can be deployed on pages Search properties Attribute refinement, indexing, and query rules Microsoft Dynamics AX entities Products and variants A collection of catalog products and variants Term store Navigation and categorization structure of a site Retail navigation hierarchy Defines the hierarchy of categories Product attribute schema Standard, channel, and category attributes Composite attributes Specification Attribute metadata Refinable, queryable, searchable, sortable Product catalog Define the hierarchy of categories Product site collection Primary and micro site “containers ”

Dynamic partitioning Create new content types as the attribute space in a single content type fills up Category-based partitioning Partitioning based on the level specified for partitioning

Support the same schedules as retail store A & N schedules are available

Attributes framework Ability to define engaging enrichment experience via user-definable attributes Centralized category management Ability to centrally manage category hierarchies for various industry usage scenarios Centralized assortment management Ability to centrally manage product assortments targeted for channels