Getting started
This topic contains information about getting started with Sterling™ Business Center to efficiently set up and maintain your organization’s catalog, and define
the peripheral components of items.
Log in to Sterling Business Center
To access the Sterling Business Center application and use its features, you must first log in to the application using a valid user ID and password. Only enterprise users can log in to the Sterling Business Center application.
Understanding the Sterling Business Center application user interface
Familiarizing yourself with the layout of the Sterling Business Center application and the navigational mechanism used in the application will help you use the application more efficiently.
Icons and descriptions in Sterling Business Center application user interface
In the Sterling Business Center application, you can perform certain tasks by clicking the corresponding icons in the UI.
Using the Sterling Business Center home page dashboard
The home page provides a Dashboard panel that enables you to customize the view so that you can see the information that is most important to you.
Customize the Sterling Business Center home page dashboard
You can configure your dashboard to display only those dashlets that you want to see most often. You can select the dashlets that you want displayed in the Dashboard panel. Based on your implementation, you can select the layout that you want to use for the Dashboard panel.
Changing a Context Organization inSterling Business Center
This topic enables you to change a context organization in Sterling Business Center .
Using the Sterling Business Center application home page
The application home page is the first screen that is displayed after you log in to the Sterling Business Center application.
Using the Sterling Business Center products home page
The Products home page provides hyperlinks that enable you to perform tasks related to product administrator.
Localize the fields in Sterling Business Center
You can choose to localize the fields in Sterling Business Center for the locales you have configured. For example, a seller may sell an item in more than one locale. In such a scenario, as an administrator can localize all the corresponding fields that can be viewed in the Web channel application. Thus, a buyer can access the Web channel application to buy the item and view all the information pertaining to that item in a localized format.
Integrating IBM Sterling Omni-Configurator with Sterling Business Center
You can integrate IBM® Sterling Omni-Configurator with the Sterling Business Center application.
Initial configurations by item administrators for Sterling Business Center
To utilize the functionalities provided by Sterling Business Center , you must perform certain tasks in the Applications Manager before you start using the Sterling Business Center application.
Initial configurations by system administrators for Sterling Business Center
As a system administrator, you can perform certain tasks to enable you to utilize the functionality provided by Sterling Business Center .
Initial configurations to use configurable models in Sterling Business Center
As an administrator, you must perform the following configurations so that the configurable models, which are defined in the IBM Visual Modeler application, can be used.