Working with the Service Catalog
The Service Catalog works similar to the Product Catalog. The Service Catalog displays all products for which your administrator has set Product Type as Service. The services on the Service Catalog are displayed based on how your administrator has configured the service categories into offering, service categories, service bundles, standalone services and option services. You can see and configure the service offerings (entitlements) that are applicable to your assets. CPQ disables the non-eligible entitlements for selection on the Service Catalog. If you select an entitlement that is not applicable to any asset, CPQ displays an error message.
If your administrator has configured constraint rules for services, the Service Catalog displays only the eligible service products that you can associate with the selected assets. When you relate an asset bundle, the eligibility rule is triggered at the option and bundle level. Based on the eligible purchases for the option of a service, you can do the following:
- Sell services for a bundle or option
- Select the options for which you want to add a service coverage
CPQ supports the catalog actions on the Service Catalog also. For example, searching for services, configuring service bundles, adding services to the cart, and changing the quantity of services. The Service Catalog also displays product description, product code, and charge types beside services. However, CPQ does not support Favorites in the Service CPQ flow.
The Service Catalog search in the Service Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) flow supports typeahead functionality, displaying only products of type service. Typeahead results adhere to eligibility rules and maintain the same behavior and limits as the standard catalog search.
You can perform the following actions on the Service Catalog:
