Viewing and Editing the eBusiness Control

The eBusiness Control screen allows you to specify the products that members and other customers can purchase via your company website.

To set up the eBusiness control:

1. From the eBusiness menu, select eBusiness Control.
   The eBusiness Control screen displays.
   
   1. If the product does not have an eBusiness Control defined, it will display as shown above.
   2. If the product DOES have a eBusiness Control defined, it will display similar to what is shown above.
2. If there is no eBusiness Control defined, select the "+ eBusiness Control" option to add the eBusiness Control and open the fields for edit.
   1. Alternatively, if an eBusiness Control is already defined, click the pencil icon in the upper right to open the fields for edit.
      The Edit eBusiness Control screen displays, as shown below.
      

For information on each field, see the table below:

Screen Element	Description
Display on Web	Checkbox. By default, when you click "Add eBusiness Control", this checkbox is checked. Uncheck this checkbox if you do NOT want this product to display on the web.
Allow Web Purchase	Checkbox. By default, when you click "Add eBusiness Control", this checkbox is checked. If you want to display the product on the web, but not allow customers to purchase the product, uncheck this checkbox.
Product URL	Text box. If necessary, enter the organization’s optional product-specific URL. The maximum number of characters that you can enter for this field is 150. If you enter more than 150 characters for this field, it will NOT display on the web. If you need to increase the limit, in your installation in the URL user defined data type, increase the varchar limit. Please note that when you upgrade, the altered user defined data type may revert back to 150. When defined, on the web, when a web user clicks a product's hyperlink, depending on what page he/she is on, the following occurs: If the web user is on the Checkout page, Shopping Cart page, or Order Summary page and clicks a product's hyperlink or image, a new tab opens in your web user's browser with the URL defined in this field. If the web user is on the Full Product Listing page and clicks a product's hyperlink, he/she is redirected to the Product Detail page.
Display on Web From	Date drop-down. Select the dates in which you want the product to display on the web. From the drop-down, specify the date on which you would like the product to begin displaying on the web.
Display on Web To	Date drop-down. Select the dates in which you want the product to display on the web. Optionally, from the drop-down, specify the date on which you would like the product to stop displaying on the web.
Allow Bill-Me	Checkbox. Check this checkbox if you would like to enable the "Bill-Me Later" feature, which allows web users to buy a product and not pay for it before logging out. If checked, the web user will receive an invoice for payment.
Allow Group Purchase	Checkbox. Check this checkbox if you would like a group manager to be able to purchase this product for a group.
Display Shipping Options at Checkout	Checkbox. Check this checkbox if on the web you want your customers to be able to see their different shipping options.
Web Shipping Message	Drop-down. Select the message from the drop-down that will display to your customers to indicate the estimated shipping time. The web-shipping message only displays below the description on the on the Product Detail page and above the "Additional Information" in the header for SUB and INV products. Values in the drop-down are populated based on the non-fixed codes defined for the INV "WEB_SHIPPING_MESSAGE" system type.
Featured Product	Checkbox. Check this checkbox if you want to feature this product on the web. Featured products display in the Promotional Products Featured control on the web.
Sort Order	Text box. If this product is part of an umbrella product, enter the order in which you want this product to display. Products with the lowest sort order will display first.
Featured From	Text box. Select the dates in which you want the product to display as a featured product on the web. From the drop-down, specify the date on which you would like the product to begin displaying as a featured product on the web.
Featured To	Text box. Select the dates in which you want the product to display as a featured product on the web. Optionally, from the drop-down, specify the date on which you would like the product to stop displaying as a featured product on the web.