Introduction
The new Cetegra Catalog is a brand new version of the existing Store.
We decided to start from scratch, and the result is a nice-looking, flexible and powerful self-service store - with the name Catalog.
On this page, you will find everything you need to get a quick start with the new Catalog.
More detailed guides are also available.
This section covers the Catalog manager and administrator role. For end-user documentation, click here.
Roles
The following features are available for users with the Catalog Manager role.
Catalog Managers will see a switch in the Catalog that toggles the Edit mode.
By enabling edit mode, Managers will have access to all admin menus in the Catalog.
By disabling the edit mode, Managers can experience the Catalog as an ordinary user.
Frontpage
The front page is the starting point for all users. This page contains shortcuts to categories or products, custom banners and more.
There are multiple ways to configure the front page. Click here to learn more.
- Available categories
- Featured slides, showing custom banners or categories
- Featured products and categories
- Search field, search for any product or store item
- See your orders, approvals (if you are responsible for approving some items) and the shopping cart
- Overview of pending orders and approvals
Categories
All products and items in the Catalog are placed in a category. Categories can be nested and are the main navigation method for the end users.
The root categories (top-level categories) are available at the top bar and the subcategories are available at the left navigation panel.
Read more about category management here.
Products
Products (a store item) can be defined as different types:
- Product: A product could be a laptop, headset, t-shirt or other physical objects. A product typically contains a description of the product, and it might also have some configuration options.
- Access/applications: Catalog items that give access to a disk area, an application, a report or similar. Users are typically added to an AD group or handled manually by managers or support.
- Forms: Forms can be used for various purposes, like self-service operations, support tickets, ordering forms or similar. Different actions can be connected to the form, based on the need.
Read more about how to add and manage products here.
Forms and actions
The products can be configured with an advanced action system that includes both form creation for user input, approval workflows, on submit-actions like sms, email, service ticket creation and more.
The form actions can be used for simple configurations, like color or product type, and also more advanced forms with multiple input fields.
The approval steps can be configured as user, manager or AD group, and it can be multiple approver steps for each product.
On-submit actions, like SMS, emails and more, can be configured to use user input from the form inputs.
Read more about the approval process and the Submit actions.