Navigation Categories

Navigation categories help structure and organize products to enhance the user experience and optimize catalog search. They are essential for product presentation and information accessibility.

Characteristics

Basic Information

A navigation category has a name and an external identifier.

Classification Category

A navigation category can be linked to one or more classification categories. It will then be associated with products belonging to the linked classification category or categories.

Assortment

A navigation category can be linked to an assortment. In this case, it will be associated with the products that are part of the assortment. These navigation categories are called customized categories.

Custom Fields

Custom fields can be created to provide additional information to navigation categories.

Hierarchy

A navigation category has a hierarchical order. This means that products are organized in a multi-level structure, from the most general to the most specific.

Root  
│  
├── Frozen  
│   ├── Fish  
│   ├── Pizza  
│   └── Vegetables  
│  
├── Fresh  
│   ├── Fish  
│   ├── Meat  
│   └── Butter  
│  
└── Beverage  
    ├── Soda  
    ├── Juice  
    └── Syrup

Contextualization

Navigation categories are contextualized to the store-view.

Each store-view has its own navigation category tree. This means that products can belong to multiple navigation categories depending on the store-view used.

Creating and Updating a Navigation Category

Navigation categories can be created and updated in two ways:

Via DataHub, where navigation categories can be created.

⚠️ Each new import of navigation categories will overwrite the previous tree.

⚠️ It is not possible to associate a navigation category with an assortment via DataHub.

Via the Navigation Categories page in the Back Office, where navigation categories can be created and updated.