Shared Catalogs
Magento Commerce for B2B gives you the ability to maintain gated shared catalogs with custom pricing for different companies. In addition to the standard master product catalog, it provides customer access to two types of shared catalogs with different pricing structures.
If the Shared Catalog feature is enabled in the configuration, the original master catalog continues to be visible from the Admin, but only the default public shared catalog is visible from the storefront. In addition, custom catalogs can be created that are visible only to members of specific company accounts.
The Shared Catalogs grid lists the shared catalogs that are currently in existence, and provides tools to create and maintain the catalogs.
Shared Catalogs
Access the Shared Catalogs page
On the Admin sidebar, go to Catalog > Shared Catalogs.
Column descriptions
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Select | Selects shared catalog records for an action to be applied. The control in the header can be used to select all or deselect all shared catalog records in the grid. Select the checkbox to select an individual shared catalog. |
| ID | A unique numeric identifier that is assigned in sequence when the catalog is created. |
| Name | The name of the shared catalog. |
| Type | Identifies the type of shared catalog as either: Public - The default public shared catalog is created automatically when Magento is installed. It is initially assigned to the General and Not Logged In customer groups, and is visible to guests and individual logged-in customers who are not associated with a company. The system supports only one public shared catalog at a time. Custom - A custom shared catalog contains pricing that is visible only to logged-in associates of the assigned company account(s). You can create as many custom shared catalogs as you need. |
| Customer Tax Class | The tax class that is assigned to the corresponding customer group. The Customer Tax Class column does not appear in the default grid, but can be added by changing the column layout. |
| Created At | The date and time the shared catalog was created. |
| Created By | The first and last name of the store administrator who created the shared catalog. |
| Action | Lists actions that be applied to selected catalogs. Options: Set Pricing and Structure / Assign Companies / General Settings / Delete |