Set decoration method availability on catalog products

DecoNetwork automatically manages the decoration process availability based on the product characteristics that you add to your fulfillment center. However, you have full control to adjust these settings, allowing you to customize the processes available at the product group level, decoration location area, and even for individual products.

To learn how to set the decoration method availability for catalog products, watch the video below. For written instructions, see the details provided underneath.

Prerequisites

You must have administrator access to use this feature

In this article, you will learn how...

To edit a product group's decoration processes
To edit an individual product's decoration processes

To edit a product group's decoration processes:

Log into your DecoNetwork Website.
Browse to Admin > Products.
Select Product Groups.

The main work area displays a list of existing Product Groups.

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Click Edit to configure the decoration processes for a product group.
The product group configuration screen will be displayed.

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The configuration options basically correspond to the same settings you can configure for a product but will apply to all products that use the product group.
Click on Decoration Processes in the menu at the left.

The Decoration Processes settings let you set the decoration pricing and process mixing rules for each decoration process you support for the product group.
Select a Contract Price Level option. (Premium & Enterprise levels only)

Contract price levels are the different tiers of selling prices that you offer your affiliate stores and customers. The levels are defined via Admin > Products > Contract Price Levels. (See the Contract Price Levels help article for instructions). All levels that you have defined will appear here. This section allows you to switch between the different price levels to configure the decoration prices of each level.

Once you've finished setting the decoration prices for the contract price levels, you can assign them to stores and customers. For instructions on assigning a contract price level to a store, please consult the "Store Contract Price Level" help article. To assign a contract price level to a customer, refer to the "Edit Customer Account Details" help article.

Please note that the contract price level assigned to a store will override the one assigned to a product group, and the contract price level assigned to a customer will override the one assigned to a store.
For each contract price level, select Specify Custom Decoration Pricing from the Decoration Processes and Pricing section.

System decoration pricing is the default decoration pricing specified via Admin > Products > Decoration Processes > Decoration Pricing. (Read the Decoration Pricing help article for instructions on how to configure system decoration pricing).

Selecting the Specify Custom Decoration Pricing radio button will enable the fields for configuring custom pricing.
Configure the decoration pricing options.
- Active: If this checkbox is ticked, the corresponding decoration process will be available for the selected contract price level.
- Use System Decoration Prices: If this checkbox is ticked, system decoration prices will be used for the corresponding decoration process. When this checkbox is unticked, you will be able to choose the pricing method and specify the decoration prices for the decoration process.
- Pricing Method: lets you choose a pricing method for the corresponding decoration process.
- Decoration Prices: lets you specify the pricing values for the corresponding decoration process. Fields will vary depending on the pricing method selected.
Scroll down to the Select mixable processes section and configure the decoration process mixing rules.

This section lets you specify the rules for what decoration processes are allowed in a single decoration area. Tick the checkboxes for the processes that each decoration process can be mixed with.
When you are done, click Save.

To edit an individual product's decoration processes

Log into your DecoNetwork Website.
Browse to Admin > Products.
Select a product to configure by either:
- Clicking on the product code.
- Clicking on the product name.
- Clicking on the Manage button beside the product you want to configure, then selecting Edit Product.
The product properties will be shown in the main work area.
Select Views & Decoration Areas from the product properties menu.

The configuration options for views and decoration areas are displayed in the main work area.

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Tick the Set processes available for this product option under the Supported Decoration Processes section.
Set the available processes for the product by ticking/unticking the checkbox to make a decoration process available/unavailable.
Scroll down to the Product Views & Decoration Areas section.
Product Views are the images for different perspectives of your products and Decoration Areas are where decorations will be placed. A view can have multiple decoration areas. Decoration Areas are displayed on product images as grey areas.

Clicking on the cog icon of a decoration area and selecting, Use custom decoration area (Advanced), will show checkboxes for the decoration processes, allowing you to set processes available fo the decoration area.

BH Only when ticked, will make the decoration area only available in Business Hub. The decoration area will not be visible to customers using the Designer if this option is ticked.

If an area does not support any decoration processes, the area will not be visible on the product image and its area definition row will be grayed out.
Set the decoration processes for each decoration area.
There are two ways to do this.

To set the decoration processes using the area table:
1. First, click the blue configuration wheel at the top right of the area table of a view, then make sure the Allow Custom Decoration Areas (Advanced) option is selected.
  
  This will unlock the configuration of each decoration area contained within that view.
2. Click the blue configuration wheel next to any decoration area and select Use custom decoration area (Advanced) to allow the properties of that area to be modified.
3. Tick/untick the decoration process checkbox to turn the availability on/off.
To set the decoration processes in the Manage Product View popup:
1. Double-click on a view image.
  The Manage Product View popup will be displayed.
2. Select the area you want to configure decoration processes for by clicking on its name in the decoration area table.
3. Make sure the Use System Definition checkbox is un-ticked.
4. Tick the checkboxes of decoration processes you want to apply to this area.
Click Save when done.