May 2007
Beginner to intermediate
296 pages
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English
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Getting Started with Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition Customization 101
by Wei-Dong Zhu, Ivy Cheng, Vijay Gupta, Naomi Wan, Brian Wilkins, Song Lin Zhao
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Chapter 7. Displaying new products in your site 129
7.2 Customizing data structure in WebSphere Commerce
In this section we discuss the rationale of designing the data structure and
describe different ways to prepare the data.
7.2.1 Data design
New arrival is a product specific attribute. Each product should have a flag to tell
whether it is a new product or not. In WebSphere Commerce, the new arrival
should be set at item level, because item is the actual object to be purchased.
A product is a group of items that exhibit the same attributes, and it might not
accurately reflect the new arrival data. For example, a product might consist of a ...