Step 1: Creating the Office Supplies base catalog

1. In the Catalogs module, click Catalog Editor.

   The Catalogs screen appears.

2. On the toolbar, click New, and then select New Base Catalog from the list.

3. In the Catalog Properties – New Base Catalog screen, in the Catalog Properties section, do the following:

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   Name	Type Office Supplies.
   Currency	Select US Dollar – USD from the drop-down list.
   Product unique ID	Select Label from the drop-down list. Note The value of this property must be unique for each product.
   Product variant unique ID	Select SKU from the drop-down list. Note The value of this property must be unique for each product variant.

   Note

   • Because this scenario does not use multilingual catalogs, it may not be necessary to configure a default language in the Catalog Languages section of the New Base Catalog screen. It is not necessary to configure the default language, if you want the language of the catalog to be the same as the default language selected in Windows 2000 on the computer in which Commerce Server is running. When a default language is not configured for a catalog, the default language of Windows 2000, on the computer in which Commerce Server is running, is used. For the purpose of this tutorial, you will configure a default language.

To configure the default catalog language

For the purpose of this tutorial, you will select English - United States as the default language for the Office Supplies base catalog.

1. In the Catalog Properties – New Base Catalog screen, expand the Catalog Languages section, and then click Add.

2. In the Select Languages dialog box, In the Languages list, select English – United States, and then click Add.

   The language you selected appears in the Languages list in the Catalog Languages section in the Catalog Properties – New Base Catalog screen.

3. In the Catalog Languages section, in the Default Language drop-down list, select English – United States.

4. In the Catalog Languages section, in the Reporting Language drop-down list, select English – United States.

5. Click to save the Office Supplies base catalog, and return to the Catalogs screen.

   The Catalogs screen appears. Notice that Office Supplies appears in the Name column of the Catalogs screen.

You have created the Office Supplies base catalog. Proceed to Step 2: Creating the Office Machines base catalog.

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