Preview Product Details in the Catalog
On the catalog page, you can view product details and additional collateral for each product, such as brochures, specification sheets, and etc. These details are available from the product information popup window and helps you evaluate products before you add them to the cart.
To view the collateral, you must have associated the required collateral with the product. For more information, see Associating Collateral with a Product.
When you select a product in the catalog and open the product information by clicking the product name, the following details are displayed:
- Product Name: The name of the product
- Product Fields: Product information, including description, product code, and other fields.
- Product Details: If the product is a bundle and has child products inside, this will show all options at the top most level of the bundle along with the product code, list price, and description.
- Collateral: Additional information provided for the product, this may be a file to download, a url to open, or static text to copy. This includes the Name, Type, Description, File Type, and the Action".
- Each collateral item includes descriptive information that helps you decide which content to open.
For each item, the following attributes are displayed:
- Name: The title of the collateral.
- Description: A brief summary of the content.
- Type: The category of the collateral (for example, brochure, specification sheet, video).
- File Type: How the collateral is provided (attached file, URL, or embedded code).
- Action : The action you can perform on the collateral item, based on its file type.
- Collateral items are listed in a defined sequence so that the most important or commonly used items appear first in the list.
- The Collateral section header also shows the total number of collateral items, so you can quickly see how much supporting information is available for the product.
- If no external-facing collateral is available for the product, the section displays the message "No additional collateral for this product."
- Each collateral item includes descriptive information that helps you decide which content to open.
For each item, the following attributes are displayed:
Available actions for collateral
The Action column in the Collateral section indicates what you can do with each item. The available actions depend on the file type:
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Attached File
- The action is Download.
- When you point to the action, the tooltip Download is displayed.
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URL Address
- The action is Open link, which opens the collateral in a new browser tab.
- When you point to the action, the tooltip Open Link is displayed.
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Embedded Code
- The action is Copy, which copies the embedded code to your clipboard.
- When you point to the action, the tooltip Copy is displayed.
