Managing and Publishing Online Store Products

Managing and Publishing Online Store Products : This lesson discusses managing the online store products.

Lesson Objectives

The objective is to manage online store products in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

Managing the Online Store Products

Managing the online store products includes the following tasks in AX:

• Add an assortment to an online store
• Manage and an online store catalog
• Manage prices and taxes
• Manage price adjustments and discounts

How to Assign an Assortment to an Online Store

To assign an assortment to the online store, follow these steps in Microsoft Dynamics AX:

1. Click Retail > Common > Retail channels > Online stores. In the Online stores list, double-click a store.
2. In the Online store form, on the Action Pane, on the Channel tab, in the Inventory group, click View assortments.
3. On the Action Pane, in the New group, click Assortment to add a new assortment. Or, in the View assortments list, double-click an existing assortment.
4. In the Assortments form, on the Retail channels FastTab, add the online store. If you are adding a new assortment, enter any additional details for the assortment.
5. Close the form.

How to Add Price Groups to an Online Store

To add price groups to the online store, follow these steps in Microsoft Dynamics AX:

1. Click Retail > Common > Retail channels > Online stores. In the Online stores list, double-click a store.
2. In the Online store form, on the Action Pane, on the Channel tab, in the Pricing group, click Price groups.
3. In the Retail channel price groups form, add the price groups for the online store, and then close the form. Price groups define the trade agreements and promotions that apply to the online store.

To view the prices, price adjustments, and discounts of all the products that are assigned to the online store, on the Action Pane, in the Pricing group, click Price list.

Managing Online Store Catalog

Retail product catalogs identify the products that you want to offer in your online stores. When you create the catalog, you identify the online stores that the products are offered in, add the products that you want to include, and enhance the product offerings by adding merchandising details. You can create multiple catalogs for an online store.

The following diagram illustrates the components that are included in a retail product catalog.