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Product Comparison¶

Product Comparison allows a user to select and compare products within PIM.

Key Term:	Product Information Management (PIM): facilitates the central management and maintenance of an enterprise’s product data, content or any related information.
Description:	This feature provides a side-by-side comparison view of two or more products. The comparison table uses columns for the products or services, and rows for the attributes. Products are compared using their attributes and can also be compared using their relationships. It is accessible from the main PIM catalog by selecting several products and clicking the compare button.
Related topics:	Parametric Search Group By
Application:	This feature is helpful when deciding which product to use for a promotion or comparing similar products for data quality. Example: A user wants to start a phone promotion. The user can use the Product Comparison feature to help decide which product should be selected from the available options in the system.

How-to: Product Comparison¶

This guide provides instructions on how to compare products. To do this, follow these steps:

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Select two or more products to be compared.

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Click the Comparison View button as shown.

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View the information table which enables the user to compare the data of the selected products.

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Note: The indicators for comparison are shown on the right. The Red icon with down arrow indicates “Lesser”, the Green icon with “=” indicates “Equal to”, and the Green icon with up arrow indicates “Greater than” for the values being compared.

Last updated: Jul 27, 2018

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