MPOS Adding a New Product to a Category Listing

In MPOS if you want to use categories, catalogs must be setup and validated.
See the below TechNet article on setting up Catalogs

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj728723.aspx

See the following steps to create a new product and see the product as part of a category in MPOS:

USRT for the Houston store has a catalog called Men’s suits – My MPOS device is for the Houston store

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Fashion category hierarchy – Dress Shirts

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Create a new item in AX called “8888” this item is added to the Hierarchy Fashion > Menswear > Dress Shirts

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Click OK and Edit the new item and add a selling price of 15.99

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Find the assortment that the Houston store is using
Retail > Common > Retail channels > Retail stores
Select Houston
Select View assortments
Select Fab-base and click Edit
Add the Fashion category to the assortment
Click Publish

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Go to Retail > Periodic > Process Assortments
Run the Retail assortments job
When finished, go to the Houston store and select View channel products
You should see item 8888

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Go to the Men’s suits catalog and edit
Select Menswear > Dress Shirts
Click Add under Products

Select Assortment Fab base
Add item 8888

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Click Validate catalog

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Process the Retail catalog approval workflow

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Ctrl+D to Developer workspace
Expand Forms
Type U
Select Tutorial_WorkflowProcessor
Right click and open

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Click Start

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When done publish the Catalog

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Run the Products and Catalog job

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When done Close MPOS if open and re-open.

The item will now show in the category

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