The feature set and interface updates to Catalog Manager are designed to make daily tasks like locating and updating products faster to do, and to make managing your product catalog easier and more efficient.
When you use Catalog Manager, you will see the following options:
Advanced search
Advanced search takes catalog search and filtering capabilities to a new level. While quick search lets you locate products in a single table, or across all tables, advanced search lets you apply attribute and condition filters individually or in combination to individual, multiple, or all tables. For example, if you'd like to locate products within three tables in your catalog for which the product condition is new, you can do this using advanced search filters. Or, if you want to see all products in your catalog for which the condition is new, and that are also taxable, you use advanced search filters to easily generate a list of matching products.
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Filtered catalog downloads
When you perform a quick search, or an advanced search, you now have the ability to download your filtered list of products in .csv format. To do this, simply perform a search using the quick search field or using advanced search filters, then click the Download icon located above your search results, near the top right of the screen.
The Edit Selected option
If you have multiple products you'd like to make the same update to, you can use the new Edit Selected option to make updates to only the products you've selected. So if you'd like to apply a discount to a few of your products, or to make other changes to all of the selected products at the same time, you can do this in just a couple of clicks.
Learn more about editing options.
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Product editing directly from search results
When you perform quick searches or advanced searches, you can edit the products returned directly from the list of search results. When using quick search, you can edit products individually, using the Edit Selected option, or open all products displayed onscreen for editing using the Edit All option. When using advanced search, you can edit products individually or using the Edit All option. You may also delete products listed in the search results from your catalog by selecting the product using its product checkbox, and clicking the Delete button.
Unpublished changes log
The Publish tab includes an unpublished changes log, allowing you to review details about what changes have been made to your catalog since your last publish, the date a change was made on, and the ID of the user who made the change. Reviewing your unpublished changes log before publishing your catalog is recommended, to help you avoid publishing unwanted changes you may have forgotten about, may not have been aware of, or didn't intend to make.
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More details in the publish history
The publish history in the Publish tab now includes a greater amount of detail about the changes to your catalog that have been published. Along with the date a publish was performed and the ID of the user who performed the publish, you can also see information about the changes that were published, the date those changes were made to your catalog prior to being published, and the ID of the user who made each change.
