Configuring Automation Rules in Norce Commerce

Overview

This page explains how to configure automation rules for product content in Norce Commerce. Automation rules help streamline product relations and popularity ranking, reducing manual work and ensuring consistency.

Prerequisites

Before configuring automation rules, ensure you have completed the following setup step:

• Set up a product content structure for your Norce Commerce environment.

Preparations

Before creating automation rules, gather the following information and make key decisions:

• Product Model: Decide how you want product relations to work in your catalog. This affects how automation rules will be applied.
• Popularity Ranking: Consider how you want to rank products by popularity. This can be refined later, but having a basic approach helps during setup.

Tip: Product relations often require more planning, while popularity rules can be adjusted as your business evolves.

How-to: Configure Automation Rules

Follow these steps to set up automation rules in Norce Commerce:

1. Define Relation Types:
   Go to the Relation types tab and create the relation types you want to automate.

   It is recommended to use separate relation types for automation rules.

2. Create Automation Rules:
   Open the Relation automation tab and define the automation rules needed for your product relations.

3. Set Up Popularity Rules:
   Adjust popularity rules in the Popularity settings to control how products are ranked.

Further Configuration

After setting up basic automation rules, you can refine how popularity is calculated and how automation affects your product catalog.

• Popularity Calculation:
  In Client settings, decide:
  • Should each product variant have its own popularity rank (Product popularity by variant)?
  • Should popularity differ between applications (Product popularity by application)?

These settings allow you to tailor automation to your business needs.

Related Topics

• Relation automation: Learn more about automating product relations.
• Popularity rules: Detailed information on configuring popularity ranking.

Next Steps

After configuring automation rules, you may:

• Migrate your products into Norce Commerce.
• Start the product enrichment process to add more detailed product information.