Product Catalog Manager

Thanks to the Product Catalog Manager, you can:

• See summary numbers of total, in-stock, out-of-stock, and passive products.
• See all available products in the catalog and validate all their attribute values.
• Filter, search, and sort any product attribute.
• See when the catalog or a specific product has been updated from which source.
• Hide products that you want to exclude from the recommendations.

In this article, you can find answers to the following questions:

• How does basic filtering work?
• How does detailed filtering work?
• How can I get the product details?
• How can I hide a product from the catalog?

To reach the Product Catalog Manager, navigate to Components > Product Catalog Management > Catalog Manager.

Basic filtering

On the Summary dashboard, you can see your default locale, currency, and session duration. The default session duration is 30 days. Based on these basic filters, you see the whole catalog and its summary. 

Detailed filtering

For the detailed filtering, click the Filter button. On the filter area, you can list, and search any product attribute and values that are available in the product catalog.  

The selected filters are visible in the area at the top of the filter screen. The basic filter attributes, which are locale, currency, and time period, are not listed on the filter and you can only change them on the listing page.

Product information

For the Availability and Stock-Based Feed Management type, all 4 areas are listed in the summary area. However, if your catalog is Start-End Date based or Publish time based, only products and passive products are displayed since the stock information is not necessary for these feed management types.

• Products are the total products in the catalog which are updated in the selected time duration for the locale and currency.
• In-stock products are products that are in stock in the catalog and are updated in the selected time duration for the locale and currency.
• Out-of-stock products are products that are not in stock in the catalog and are updated in the selected time duration for the locale and currency.
• Passive Products are the products that you hide from the recommendations. Passive products can be in stock or out of stock.

The Product Details

You can move through the right side of the listing page to see further attributes about the products. 

If you click on a product detail, you can see all the details available on the product detail modal. You can also view the product’s last update date and source, which can be useful to ensure catalog integration and verification. Under the Product Updates section, the Latest Product Update Information area shows the product’s catalog update interactions in detail, which are XML, Catalog API, Web Clickstream, App Clickstream, HitChecker, and Active/Passive operation.

You can also search and see the value of specific attributes.

Hiding a Product

To hide or include a product in the recommendations, select the product and click the Activation Status button. This applies regardless of the stock information of the product.

You can select multiple products (that are only visible on the same page) and activate/deactivate them. If a product is already activated, only the remaining products are updated as activated, and vice versa.