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How To Publish, Discontinue and Delete a Product On The Product Catalog 

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The following techniques describe the methodology in which the state of the 
Product can be changed to be Published, Discontinued and Deleted from the Product Catalog.

Publish:
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Once a product is placed in the catalog, 
1. Login to the Design Portal as a User part of the Designers Group
2. Highlight the Product from the Catalog Structure and select #File #Publish
3. Enter a date when the Product should be published

In order to approve the publication of the product login to the Product 
Portal as a user part of the Approvers Group,
1. Select on 'My Tasks' underneath the Home Tab 
2. Select on the 'View Task' link for the appropriate product
3. Select the 'Approve' option and then 'Complete Task' link

NOTE: The Top level Category which the Product Belongs and all subsequent 
Categories leading up to the product must also be at the 'Published' Stage 
in order for External Users to see the Product even if the product itself 
is at the 'Published' stage.

Discontinue:
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Once a product has reached the 'Publish' state and there is a need to either 
Discontinue the product or delete it the following procedure should be followed:

1. Login to the Design Portal as a User part of the Designers Group
2. Highlight the Product from the Catalog Structure and select #File #Discontinue
3. Enter a date when the Product should be published

In order to approve the discontinuation login to the Product Portal as a user 
part of the Approvers Group,

1. Select on 'My Tasks' underneath the Home Tab 
2. Select on the 'View Task' link for the appropriate product
3. Select the 'Approve' option and then 'Complete Task' link

Delete:
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Only products which are at the 'Discontinued' or 'In Work' states can be deleted:
1. Login to the Design Portal as a User part of the Designers Group or the 
Organization Admin user
2. Highlight the Product from the Catalog Structure and select #Edit #Delete

The associated Generic Product as well as the CAD Documents associated to 
that product are not deleted from DynamicDesignLink with this process, 
therefore if it is desirable to do so, the GP and CAD Documents must be 
deleted manually from Windchill Explorer.

NOTE: In order to remove the product from the Product Catalog, you will have 
to delete the Product from the Product Catalog, but before being able to do 
so all products that were created based off that product must be deleted from 
the Product Portal. Therefore users who have configured/created their own 
product must delete it before the Product in the Product Catalog can be 
deleted.

Products configured by users can be deleted by the Organization Admin user, 
a search on products can be performed as that user to find all products 
which were created based off the product. But the Search process is done on 
the basis of the name so some users might create their own product with a 
name which is not based off the Catalog Product's name.