Items

What is a Catalog Item?

An Item in the Catalog is meant to represent a configurable product. This could be either one of the following:

1. A single item such as a sofa or a chair.

2. A collection of items that is configured and purchased together

   1. Kitchen cabinetry composed of various types of wall and floor cabinets

   2. A bathroom set including mirrors, sinks, sink cabinets, and storage shelves.

   3. A sectional where the buyer chooses various arm, seating and corner pieces.

This example shows how you can think of the Spencer Accent Chair as an Item in the catalog. This item has configurable attributes (Depth, Legs, and Fabric), and each one of the attributes has their own set of options.

Item Management

The Catalog Items are accessible from the Catalog menu on the sidebar. Here, the user is presented with the paginated Item Listing page.

Columns may also be expanded or contracted as desired.

Creating New Items

New Catalog items can be created by clicking the Create Catalog Item button in the top right of the Items listing page.

This will open a panel on the right hand side where you can enter key details about the new Item.

In order to add Attributes to an item or delete it, you will have to click the Item on the Items Listing to open its details page.

Make sure you click the Create Catalog Item button at the top of the page when finished.

Deleting Items

Removing an Item requires that you enter its details page first. From there, you need to click the Actions button in the top right corner of the page to get access to the Delete button.

Item Details

This page is accessible when you click on an item in the Items Listing page.

Here you are able to edit key properties of Items, along with the ability to modify its attributes and deleting the item.

Name

The Name (character limit: 255) of the Item, also reflected at the top of an individual product's page.

Label

The label can be used on the front-end UI instead of the item name.

Custom ID

The custom ID offers an alternative way to identify the item in the URL and through the API, instead of using the platform provided UUID.

Description

Contains the Description (character limit: 2500) of the Catalog Item. This description can be used for internal documentation or on the front-end UI if desired. The AI Discovery feature relies heavily on the Description field in order to make good recommendations.

Attributes

The attributes represent the configurable qualities of a Product. You can only add existing attributes to your item. These attributes need to be created under the Attributes section first before being used here.

Once an attribute has been added, it can be rearranged in the list or removed from the item altogether.