Creating a Product

Creating a New Product

Follow the steps below to create a new product:

Go to Application -> Catalog.
From the Catalog Manager dashboard, click on the "Create New Product" link. Alternatively, click on "Products" from the Catalog Manager menu to access the product search page, then click on the "New Product" link on the top right.

The following fields are required to create a new product:

Product Type: A descriptive term used in the system to classify products and sometimes to select the type of processing that will be applied to the product-related applications. Select "Finished Product", "Configurable Product", or "Digital Product".
Internal Name: Your organization's specific name for this product (not the name used by its manufacturer or other outside parties). This is used for internal reference/identification and will not be shown on the frontend. The internal name is also used to create the product page URL (max 256 chars).
Is VIRTUAL Product: ensure that it is “N
Is VARIANT Product: ensure that it is “N”
Virtual Variant Method: Leave it blank

Introduction Date: The date at which product will be available for sale. Product can't be bought before this date. The date when this Product will become available for sale. If the field is left blank, to current date and time will be entered by the system.
Release Date: This is just to share information with customer that when a product will be released. (Check if we can add to cart for a future release date)
Sales Discontinuation Thru Date: The date post which the product will no longer be available for sale. Customer will not be able to purchase the product after this date. The last date and time when the Product will be available for sale.
Support Thru Date: The last date and time when the Product will be supported by your Company. Date by which the product will be supported, this field may only be used to display on the WebFront (theme dependent) The last date and time when the Product will be supported by your Company, in terms you have specified which define "Support".
Disc. When Inv. Not Avail: Should the Product availability be discontinued when the current Inventory is exhausted? Yes/No
If you select “Y”, the product will be discontinued if there is no inventory the store runs out of inventory for the product. The product is also removed from the category and all product associations.

No requirement Created when sales orders are entered. Thus, only Material Resources Planning (MRP) will produce your requirements.
Automatic for Every Sales order – Requirement is created each time a sales order is created, for the quantity equal to the item order.
When QOH Reaches Minimum Stock for Product-Facility – A requirement is created the first time QOH (quantity on hand) falls below the minimum stock level setfor Product and facility of the order, for the reorder quantity defined for that facility.
When ATP Reaches Minimum Stock for Product-Facility – A requirement is created the first time ATP (available to promise) falls below the minimum stock level set for Product and facility of the order, for the reorder quantity defined for that facility.
Requirement for order when ATP Reaches Minimum Stock for Product-Facility – A requirement is created for the quantity of the order item if the ATP is below minimum stock, without regard to reorder quantity. (This is often used for simple automated purchasing.)
Drop ship only – The item is only drop shipped.
Auto drop ship on low quantity – Do Not Use, not yet implemented in DWA commerce.

Require Inventory: Should inventory be required to purchase this product? If not specified defaults to Store setting.
Inventory Message: Message to display to the User, or the Customer of the Web Store, in case the "Require Inventory" rule just specified is actually invoked.
Lot ID: Enables/disables the tracking of LotId of the inventory.

Override: This is a HACK – Select a value here if you would like to override the average of product review ratings given by customers.
Min Rating: Select this to ensure that the product review rating displayed on the WebFront will never fall below the rating entered in the next field.
Max Rating: Select this to ensure that the product review rating displayed on the WebFront will never go beyond the rating entered in the next field.
Rating Override: Select this to ensure that the product review rating displayed on the WebFront will always be the rating entered in the next field.

Pieces Included: Pieces included when the Product ID is ordered.
In Shipping Box: Is the product sold in its shipping box?
Default Shipment Box Type ID: Select standard shipping box types.
Charge Shipping: Is the shipping charge added to the order for this product?

Is the product returnable?
Include in Promotions: Can this product be included in the order items that are used to calculate the qualification for promotions?
Is the product a taxable item in the order?
Keywords: Select “Y” if you would like the system to automatically create these keywords for this product. Note that this may create a number of irrelevant keywords, so you may need to manually remove those keywords. Alternatively, use the Product page > [Keywords] Tab to enter keywords manually.

Use the prices tab to manage the price of the product. DWA Commerce offers several types of prices, as listed below: