Manage Master Taxonomies

The Manage Master Taxonomies is an admin feature that sets up Master Taxonomies that are based on Masters so that each level of taxonomy is represented by a Master Tag Group.

Key Term:	Taxonomy: a taxonomy is a scheme of classification used for an organization’s products.
Description:	Taxonomy is concerned with the classification of various products. Taxonomies can also represent related concepts that can be used to connect a product to a various level of branches of a taxonomy. This feature is about how to map a product to different concepts and terms in order to maintain a consistent structure.
Related topics:	Multi-Taxonomy Assignment Product Classification via Taxonomies Manage Taxonomy
Application:	This feature helps to multi-classify a product. This feature drives information through the applied taxonomy. This feature gives the product a hierarchy to show all the related concepts. Example: An electronics retailer, who sells various electronics products, would like to further categorize them. The ‘Mobile Phones’ he sells may have a taxonomy ‘Electronics’ under which he will create a number of levels to classify his mobile phones. So, the mobile phone will fall under two categories - Smartphones or Basic phones. The smartphones category will further have branches - Touchscreen or Keypad and so on. Similarly, various taxonomies can be applied to other electronics for easy categorization.

How-to: Manage Master Taxonomies

To manage master taxonomies, follow these steps:

• Log in and click on the Administration icon.

• In Data Model, click on the Taxonomies drop-down list and select Master Taxonomies.

• Click on the ‘+’ icon to create a new Master Taxonomy.

• Enter a name for the taxonomy and enable the Create Taxonomy as Major option. Click on the Create button.

• Click on the Create button.

• Scroll down to Section and click on the ‘+’ icon to add a property collection. Select the applicable property collection and click on the Apply button.

• Select the created taxonomy and add sub-levels to it to create a sub-taxonomy.

• To create sub-levels for a taxonomy, follow these steps.

  
  

  • Select a taxonomy.

  
  

  • Click on the ‘+’ icon to add new level.

  
  

  • Enter the name in the search bar.

  
  

  • If the name exists, it will appear in the search results. Otherwise, click on ‘Create <name>’ to create a new one.

  
  

  • Click on the ‘+’ next to the parent taxonomy to add sub-taxonomies.

  
  

  • Enter the name for the sub-taxonomy.

• Repeat the previous step if you want to add more levels to the existing sub-taxonomies.