Upon releasing ATG 10, the ATG BCC has been changed from its
predecessors drastically by adding Flex UI enhancements into it. Now by default
you will be able to see the following repositories using Merchandising UI.
- Catalog
- Promotions and Coupons
- Media
If you are adding any custom repository, then you need to
edit it through Content Administration Project, but of course the UE is not
that great.
Then how can we get our custom repository to Merchandising
UE? Is there any way to do that?
Yes, there is a way. ATG documentation doesn’t talk about
that, but as we know ATG BCC, everything is run by configuration XMLs and
components; you need to spend some time and identify which file you have to
modify.
The following configuration changes will help you to bring
your custom repository into Merchandiser UI.
Check the /atg/remote/commerce/browse/MerchandisingBrowseHierarchy.xml
available in the DCS-UI module.
This XML defines the Browse Hierarchy of the Merchandising
UE. This will have a root element called <browse-hierarchy>
and this will define a root called home
Home is nothing but another browse-item element and this will define other browse items coming
under the Home.
Consider the below example, Home will have Catalog and
Catalog will have Product etc.
Home à
Catalog à
Product à
SKU.
If you want to add your Custom Repository under home, then
you need to add a browse-item reference over here. Don’t forget that ATG’s
XML-COMBINE method is applicable here as well.
<browse-item
reference-id="MyCustom"/>
Ok, I have added a link to my repository under the Home
link. What I need to do now, how my items will come over there.
Create a new browse-item called MyCustom(the name I have
given under home page>
<browse-item id=" MyCustom"
label-resource=" MyCustom"
is-root="true"
icon-resource="
">
<browse-item
reference-id="MyCustomItem1"/>
<browse-item
reference-id="MyCustomItem2"/>
</browse-item>
Create other browse-items
for each of my items.
<browse-item id=" MyCustomItem1"
label-resource=" MyCustomItem1"
is-root="true"
icon-resource=" ">
<list-definition
id="Item1" retriever="query"
child-type="/test/MyCustom/ MyCustomRepository:MyCustomItem1">
<retriever-parameter
name="query" value="ALL"/>
</list-definition>
</browse-item>
<browse-item id=" MyCustomItem2"
label-resource=" MyCustomItem2"
is-root="true"
icon-resource="
">
<list-definition
id="Item1" retriever="query"
child-type="/test/MyCustom/ MyCustomRepository:MyCustomItem2">
<retriever-parameter
name="query" value="ALL"/>
</list-definition>
</browse-item>
This will add your items into the browse view of
Merchandising UI. If you want this in the Find view also, then you have to use
another configuration XML file, i.e. \atg\remote\commerce\find\MerchandisingFindConfiguration.xml.
<find-configuration site-filtering="true">
<asset-family id="
MyCustomItem1" site-filtering="false">
<display-name-resource>
MyCustomItem1</display-name-resource>
<enable-default-query>true</enable-default-query>
<enable-filter-as-you-type>true</enable-filter-as-you-type>
<result-list
page-size="500"/>
<default-asset-type>
MyCustomItem1</default-asset-type>
<asset-type
id="
MyCustomItem1"
site-filtering="false">
<enable-default-query>true</enable-default-query>
<enable-filter-as-you-type>true</enable-filter-as-you-type>
<repository-path="/test/MyCustom/ MyCustomRepository
</repository-path>
<repository-item-type> MyCustomItem1</repository-item-type>
</asset-type>
</asset-family>
</
find-configuration>
This will bring the MyCustomItem1 in you Find view of
Merchandising UI.
Along with this, you may need to check the /atg/remote/commerce/toolbar/MerchandisingToolbar.xml
for defining the scope etc. for your custom repository in Merchandising UE.
