Managing Pre-Configured Products

When you create a configurable product, you must associate the new product with a model previously created using the Visual Modeler. You can either leave the product-model association as is, in which case it represents a generic configured product (no pre-defined configurations), or you can pre-configure the product with your own selections. These selections form the starting point for any configuration performed by the end-users.

To Pre-configure a Configurable Product

1. Click Product Master in the Product and Catalog Administration panel on the Comergent eBusiness System home page.

   This displays the Product Management tab of the C3 Product Manager page.

2. Find and select the configurable product.

   For assigned products:

   1. Navigate to the parent category for the product and select the parent category. The product frame displays the products associated with the parent category.
   2. In the product frame of the navigation panel, select the product.

      For unassigned products, click the Unassigned tab in the navigation panel, then find and select the product in the list.

      You can also click the Search tab to search the product catalog according to product ID, product name, product description, assigned feature, or assigned resource.

      When you select the product, the detail information for the product appears in the content panel.

3. In the content panel, click the Configuration tab.

4. Click Configure.

   This displays the Configuration screen.

5. Define the configuration.
   1. Select the items to be included in the configuration.
   2. Click Done.

      This re-displays the Configuration tab in C3 Product Manager.

6. Click Save Changes.

To Delete a Configuration for a Pre-Configured Product

Note:

The steps described here refer only to deleting the configuration for the associated model. This does not delete the product itself or the product-model association.

1. Click Product Master in the Product and Catalog Administration panel on the Comergent eBusiness System home page.

   This displays the Product Management tab of the C3 Product Manager page.

2. Find and select the configurable product.

   For assigned products:

   1. Navigate to the parent category for the product and select the parent category. The product frame displays the products associated with the parent category.
   2. In the product frame of the navigation panel, select the product.

      For unassigned products, click the Unassigned tab in the navigation panel, then find and select the product from the list.

      You can also click the Search tab to search the product catalog according to product ID, product name, product description, assigned feature, or assigned resource.

      When you select the product, the detail information for the product appears in the content panel.

3. In the content panel, click the Configuration tab.

   The Configuration tab displays the items included in the current configuration (see Figure 212).

4. Click Delete.
5. Click Save Changes.

You can either create a new configuration for the product (see To Pre-configure a Configurable Product) or you leave the product as a generic configured product.

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