PIM & Catalog

Product master data, categories and attributes.

PIM & Catalog homepage is where product master data, category, and attribute tasks begin. The page consists of two parts: at the top, Quick access tiles that allow you to reach all PIM screens your account can open with a single click; below, an introduction section explaining the product's scope. The catalog team usually starts their daily work here; counters and charts are on a separate screen called the PIM Dashboard.

This document also describes the Sales channel detail page opened from the Companies screen (see separate section below).

Accessing the screen

  • In the left menu, go to PIM & Catalog › Overview.
  • Click the All products icon in the top bar; in the opened Items window, click the PIM & Catalog name to open this page.

If you do not see it in the menu, your account does not have permission for this screen.

Screen sections

The page title is PIM & Catalog, with the subtitle Product master data, categories and attributes. Below the title, the following appear in order:

  1. Quick access — dashboard tile and screen tiles arranged by menu groups.
  2. Related screens — tiles of screens outside PIM but directly related to catalog work.
  3. Introduction section — product promise, capability map, and detailed capability list.

Quick access

Tiles consist of PIM items from the left menu and show only screens your account can open. If you see a tile, you can open that screen; if a screen has no tile, you do not have permission for it.

  • The Dashboard tile is at the top, full width. Its name is Dashboard, description is Catalog health, channel readiness, and daily AI evaluation. Clicking it opens the PIM dashboard.
  • Other tiles are grouped under the same headings as the menu: Catalog, Operations, and Setup. Each tile shows the screen icon, name, and (if defined) a two-line short description.
Group Tiles
Catalog Items, Categories, Attributes, Catalogs, Product lists, New product
Operations Excel import, Bulk product import, Bulk product send, File import, Delivery logs, AI Attributes, Comparison report, Deleted attributes, Actions, Job queue, Product approvals, Reviews, Sale state, Price threshold, Feed management
Setup Attribute sets, Data types, Companies, Catalog dispatcher

The table shows the full list visible to an account with all permissions; your screen may show only some. If you have no permission for any screen in a group, the group heading is also hidden.

Related screens

This section may contain tiles for three screens outside PIM:

Tile Description
Category mapping Marketplace category mapping.
Field & value mapping Source field and value mapping.
Searchandising Search dictionary, synonyms, and search settings.

These tiles follow the same rule: if you have no permission for the related product, the tile is hidden; if none of the three appear, the section heading is hidden.

Introduction section

The section below the tiles explains what the PIM product does; it does not show any data related to your account. In order:

  • Red background entry: title Systemize product data across channels, a short product description, and measured business impact (Up to 25% return reduction).
  • Capability map — capabilities under Product master data, Category, attribute and menu, Content and digital assets, Catalogue management, Product lifecycle, SEO and search, Bulk processes and feeds, Platform.
  • Why is it different? banner.
  • Capabilities in detail — short descriptions of each capability under Product data, Organisation, Process, Publishing, Platform headings.
  • At the bottom, a Source: line and a commercelab.com.tr link; the link opens in a new tab.

The introduction section explains the overall scope of the product. To see which screens are enabled in your account, check the Quick access tiles.

Actions

Opening a PIM screen

  1. Find the tile of the screen you want to go to in the Quick access section.
  2. Click anywhere on the tile.

The screen opens in the same tab. Since tiles are links, you can also use your browser's "open in new tab" option.

Switching to the PIM dashboard

Click the wide Dashboard tile just below the Quick access heading. Counters, trends, and daily evaluations are there.

Sales channel detail page

Shows the definition and setup settings of a company's sales channel or integration record. The page is read-only: you cannot change or save any fields here.

Accessing the page

  1. Open a company in the PIM & Catalog › Companies screen.
  2. Switch to the Sale channels or Integration / ERP tab.
  3. Click the channel name in the Integration column.

The page title shows the channel's setup name (or Sales channel if no setup name exists), with the subtitle "company name company's integration record." The page always opens with the Definition tab; the selected tab is reflected in the address bar and shared links open the same tab. The back button at top left shows the company name and returns you to the tab you came from: Sale channels if sales channel, or Integration / ERP if integration source.

Definition tab

A read-only warning banner appears at the top of the tab. Below, these fields are shown:

Field Description
Integration type (parameter) Channel setup name.
Integration Channel logo and name.
Code Integration code.
Type Integration type.
Usage What the record is used for: green Sales channel badge or blue Integration / ERP source badge.
Company Company linked to the record.
Description Visible only if the integration has a description.
Sale model Visible only if a sale model is defined; shows the sale model ID.

Fields without values show —.

Configuration tab

The tab name shows the total number of settings. Channel settings are listed as grouped cards; each card's header shows the group name and an Field: number badge. The card's table has two columns:

Column Meaning
Field Setting name.
Value Setting value. Empty settings show —.

Secret settings like passwords, keys, and connection strings are masked on the server; a lock icon appears next to these values and the real value never reaches your browser. If any setting is masked, a note appears at the top of the tab indicating how many fields are masked.

If the channel has no settings, the tab shows No records found and "Configuration could not be read for this channel."

You cannot learn the real value of a secret setting from this page. If you doubt the value's correctness, contact the team that set up the integration.

Common situations

A tile for an expected screen is missing. Tiles appear only for screens your account can open. If you also do not see the screen in the left menu, contact your system administrator for permissions.

The Quick access section does not appear at all. The tile list loads with the menu info; the section remains empty while loading. If it still does not appear after the page loads, your account has no permission for any PIM screen except Overview, or the PIM product is locked in your account. In this case, only the introduction section is visible.

No description in the Deleted attributes tile. No short description is defined for this tile; only the name appears. The screen opens normally.

"PIM service not configured." appears on the sales channel page. Your environment's PIM connection is not established. This cannot be resolved on your side; notify your system administrator.

"Configuration could not be read" appears on the Configuration tab. The stored setting text for the channel could not be parsed. Raw text is not shown for security reasons. Ask the team that set up the channel to check the record.

"Something went wrong" appears on the sales channel page. The record could not be retrieved. Click the Retry button; if the problem persists, send the text in the Technical detail section to your system administrator.

Related screens

Guides

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  • AI Attributes — Generate attribute, category, and content suggestions from product images using AI; apply the approved ones to PIM.
  • Attribute detail — View and edit the definition, settings, value list, and channel mappings of an attribute.
  • Attributes — List definitions of product attributes, filter by data type and search behavior, create new attributes or delete them.
  • Attribute sets — Creating and editing sets that define the attributes to be included in product groups, their requirements, default values, and scores.
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  • Binding Products to Category by Rule — Create a rule in the Relation rules tab of the category detail that automatically binds products based on attributes e.g., material, color; continuous…
  • Bulk photo upload with zip — Collect photos of multiple products in a single zip with folders named after option codes and upload them from the File import screen; step-by-step guide and…
  • Bulk product import — Add or update products in PIM in bulk using an Excel template: download the template, upload the file, map columns, preview the plan, and send.
  • Bulk product send — Manually resend the product, stock, or price information of the selected barcodes to sales channels.
  • Bulk product update with Excel — Export products to Excel, edit fields such as name and description in the file, map columns automatically or manually in the Bulk product import screen and…
  • Catalog dispatcher — Managing dispatch rules and rule values that direct products from source integrations to catalogs.
  • Catalogs — List catalogs, rename a catalog, and select the linked list for each entity type in the catalog.
  • Categories — View category trees; add root and subcategories, reorder among siblings, delete, and import to an empty tree via Excel.
  • Category detail — Manage the category's definition, language and SEO content, products, product sorting, relation rules, and channel mappings.
  • Category templates — Define the storefront view file and extra CSS of categories per tree, add and edit templates.
  • Companies — Listing companies in the setup, updating the company name, and linking a sales channel or integration/ERP source to the company.
  • Comparison report — Compare the product status on a sales channel with the status in PIM; find products that should be active but are not.
  • Dashboard — Monitor catalog health, stock coverage, channel readiness, publishing blockers, and marketplace rejection reasons by channel and period.
  • Data types — Defining, editing, and deleting attribute data types and the schemas that form the Detail form on the value screen.
  • Deleted attributes — Find, group, and safely delete attribute values that no longer exist in the source system but remain in PIM.
  • Delivery logs — Review the results of product, stock, and price requests sent to channels and the product logs received from ERP.
  • Editing Category Information and SEO Fields — Find the category in the Category tree; edit its name, description, meta title, meta description, and URL; learn the difference between menu and tree;…
  • Enabling and Disabling Product Salability — Use the Salability tab in the product details to enable or disable the product for sale either globally or per sales channel and save; includes relation to…
  • Excel import — Monitor the results of Excel import transfers, rule violations at row and cell level; manage table, column, and rule definitions.
  • Feed management — View product XML feed settings per channel and navigate to the feed template script page.
  • Feed Template Script — Review the feed template script, edit it with protection against block errors, see the diff and save, and revert to previous versions.
  • File import — Upload the sort/category Excel, media package, and stock offset file to the company, monitor the processing result.
  • Job queue — Monitor records pending dispatch to channels and scheduled PIM jobs, and run a job immediately if needed.
  • New product — Create a single product step by step: information, category, attributes, images, price, variants, and sales channel decisions are sent to PIM in a single…
  • Operations — Monitor the status of bulk product operations, the fields changed per product, and channel dispatch results.
  • Price threshold — Review price changes that exceed the defined increase/decrease threshold; approve the target price or delete the record.
  • Product approvals — Review approval tasks opened for products; approve or reject them individually or in bulk.
  • Product detail — Edit the salability, content, images, prices, categories, and attributes of a single product; track its operation history.
  • Product lists — View product lists used in catalogs and campaigns, create new lists, and open products in the list.
  • Products — Filter PIM products by code, type, category, attribute, channel, and code file; export to Excel and perform bulk operations on selected products.
  • Reviews — List, approve, or reject product reviews by channel; edit title, text, reply, and signature.
  • Sale state — View the status of products in the selected sales channel and open or close sales immediately or scheduled by date with bulk operations.
  • Sorting Products in a Category — Add products to the sorting list in the Product sorting tab of the category detail, move them by drag-and-drop or position number, import a sorted list;…
  • Updating Product Content and Generating Descriptions with AI — Update the product name, short and long descriptions, and languages from the Content tab in product details; generate descriptions with AI; step-by-step guide…
  • Updating Product Photos — Add, reorder, remove, and save images from the Images tab in product details; explanation of picture vs dummy, step-by-step guide, and video.
  • Using Search and Filters in the Product List — Search all codes in the Products list, select filters with Detailed filters, combine filters to find missing products, paste code lists, and export to Excel;…

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