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Creating the List of Products and Services

You create an XML file that contains a list of products and services. The list can be hierarchical to represent categories and subcategories. You can create as many levels of nested subcategories as you require.

Navigate to the following directory:

<MDM installation directory>/app/tsr

/pre-install-config

Open

prod_hierarchy.xml

in an XML editor.

Create a hierarchy of products and services.

Element	Description
tns:products (top-level element)	Use with the default attributes as the top-level parent element. Do not edit.
tns:product	Use to define a product, a service, or the name of a subcategory. Ensure that the element has a code attribute with a unique value and a description attribute that contains the text to display on the Products and Services page.
tns:products (subcategory)	Use without attributes to contain a list of products or services with a subcategory. Add this element as a child element of the target tns:product element.

Save the file.

Sample Product Hierarchy XML File

For example, to create the following hierarchy of products:

Clothing & Handbags

BOYS CLOTHING

Basics

Clothing Sets

Footwear

Outerwear

Pants

School Uniforms

Shirts

Sleepwear

GIRLS CLOTHING

Basics

Clothing Sets

Footwear

Outerwear

Pants

School Uniforms

Shirts

Sleepwear

You create the following XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tns:products
 xmlns:tns="http://www.informatica.com/solutions/supplier/prod_hierarchy"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.informatica.com/solutions/supplier/prod_hierarchy
  prod_hierarchy.xsd">	
 <tns:product code="1Clo" description="Clothing &amp; Handbags">
  <tns:products>			
   <tns:product code="2CloBOY" description="BOYS CLOTHING">
    <tns:products>
     <tns:product code="3CloBOYBas" description="Basics"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="4CloBOYClo" description="Clothing Sets"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="5CloBOYFoo" description="Footwear"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="6CloBOYOut" description="Outerwear"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="7CloBOYPan" description="Pants"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="8CloBOYSch" description="School Uniforms"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="9CloBOYShi" description="Shirts"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="10CloBOYSle" description="Sleepwear"></tns:product>		
    </tns:products>
   </tns:product>
   <tns:product code="11CloGIR" description="GIRLS CLOTHING">
    <tns:products>
     <tns:product code="12CloGIRBas" description="Basics"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="13CloGIRClo" description="Clothing Sets"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="14CloGIRFoo" description="Footwear"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="15CloGIROut" description="Outerwear"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="16CloGIRPan" description="Pants"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="17CloGIRSch" description="School Uniforms"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="18CloGIRShi" description="Shirts"></tns:product>
     <tns:product code="19CloGIRSle" description="Sleepwear"></tns:product>		
    </tns:products>
   </tns:product>
  </tns:products>
 </tns:product>
</tns:products>

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