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Creating a Product |
When creating a product, it is first imperative to look for that product
in the database, just in case someone else has already done the work!
If you have determined that your new product is not in Quest yet and
you require the product to be on the web, start by clicking on the
'Document' icon -
Once you are in Document Maintenance, click on the 'New' button on the blue bar above the product lists. You will then see a window like this:
You can select from the following options:
For right now select 'New Blank Document'. You will now see a window that looks like this: Here you can select what 'Type' of product you wish to create. By selecting a product type, a small help window appears at the bottom of the window explaining the product type. Select the 'Service Hints and Tips' option and click 'Ok' Ok, now we are in the main Document Editor. The Document Editor allows you to change any field in a product. Explore the Document Editor by left mouse clicking on the fields on the left of the window. Each field will produce a Pop-Up window asking you for information about the field. Once you are done exploring, fill in the Brand/Family, Machine/Model and Cateogry fields. Then, give your new product a title. After you are done editing the fields, hit the 'Save' button and the following window will appear: Here are your options from this window: Save As Draft - This saves your product in 'Draft'
mode. This means any changes will not be published to the web sites.
You can always save as Draft and come back and make more changes later. Save As Template - If you are going to make many
'similar' products to this one, select 'Save As Template' which will
save this product as a personal template for you. You can then easily
create more products just like the template. Publish - Once you are complete all changes and
are ready for the IBM Customer's to see it, click on 'Publish'. This
will make the product publish during the next publishing cycle. Cancelling Draft - If you do not think this draft will ever make it to be published, you may cancel the draft. This in effect will delete the draft and place it in the Recycling Bin.
For now, click on 'Save As Draft'. Once the product has been saved, you may click on the 'My Drafts' view in the Document Maintenance Quest Applet to see it. |