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Manage Master Taxonomies

The Manage Master Taxonomies is a feature that sets up Master Taxonomies that are based on Masters so that each level of taxonomy is represented by a Master Tag Group.

Key Term:
  • Taxonomy: a taxonomy is a scheme of classification used for an organization’s products.
Description:
  • Taxonomy is concerned with classification of various products. Taxonomies can also represent related concepts that can be used to connect a product to various level of branches of a taxonomy.
  • This feature is about how to map a product to different concepts and terms in order to maintain a consistent structure.
Related topics:
Application:

  • This feature helps to multi-classify a product.

  • This feature drives information through the applied taxonomy.

  • This feature gives the product a hierarchy to show all the related concepts.

  • Example:

    An electronics retailer, who sells various electronics products, would like to further categorize them. The ‘Mobile Phones’ he sells may have a taxonomy ‘Electronics’ under which he will create a number of levels to classify his mobile phones. So, the mobile phone will fall under two categories - Smartphones or Basic phones. The smartphones category will further have branches - Touchscreen or Keypad and so on. Similarly, various taxonomies can be applied to other electronics for easy categorization.

How-to: Create a Master Taxonomy

To create a Master Taxonomy, follow these steps:


  1. Log in to the application. Go to Administration.
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  1. Click on Taxonomies and select Master Taxonomies.
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  1. Click on the “+” icon to create a new Master Taxonomy.
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  1. Enter the name and enable the slider to create a major taxonomy.
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  1. Click on the Create button.
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  1. Click on the “+” sign in the Section tab to add a property collection.
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  1. Select the created taxonomy and add sub-levels to it to create a sub-taxonomy.
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  1. To create sub-levels for a taxonomy, follow these steps.


    • Select a taxonomy.

    • Click on Add New Level.

    • Enter the name in the search bar.

    • If the name exists, it will appear in the search results. Otherwise, click on “Create <name>” to create a new one.

    • Click on the “+” next to the parent taxonomy to add sub-taxonomies.

    • Enter the name for the sub-taxonomy.
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  1. Repeat the previous step if you want to add more levels to the existing sub-taxonomies.


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Last updated: Jul 27, 2018

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