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Plan to use Management Center

To... Use Management Center Use Accelerator
Manage catalogs and merchandise

Create master and sales catalogs, including defining categories, creating products and SKUs, categorizing SKUs, and bundling SKUs

Manage product content and create merchandising associations

Import catalog data from a CSV file

Search and replace across multiple catalog entries, such as changing the description of multiple products at once

Assign tax codes

If the business requires these features, continue to use the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
For more information, see Map between the catalogs tool in Accelerator and Management Center.
Manage promotions

Create promotions for the merchandise

Manage promotions using the promotions calendar view

Promotions created in Accelerator are not displayed and are not searchable in the Management Center Promotions tool.
To enable such promotions in the Management Center Promotions tool, migrate them.
See: Promotions
Manage marketing campaigns

Design marketing campaigns containing Web, Dialog, and E-mail activities

Create experiments to test the campaign activities' effectiveness

Create marketing content

Manage marketing activities using the activities calendar view

Create e-Marketing Spots

Create remote widgets for e-Marketing Spots

Create customer segments

Campaigns and Web activities created in Accelerator are not displayed and are not searchable in the Management Center Marketing tool.
To use these campaigns and Web activities in Management Center, migrate them.
Manage content spots
If the store pages contain content spots created in Accelerator, you cannot manage those content spots in Management Center because the Marketing tool does not support content spots.
See Options for managing content spots after moving to Management Center.

Manage assets

Browse attachments, managed files, and managed directories

Create, change, and delete attachments

Create, change, and delete managed files

Create and delete managed directories

Upload files, such as product images and marketing content.

You can use the Assets tool in the Management Center to manage attachments that were created in Accelerator. You can also use the Assets tool to manage files that were uploaded using Accelerator, such as product images and marketing content.

For information about mapping between attachments in Accelerator and Management Center, see Attachments.
Manage installment rules

Create installment rules to offer customers different installment payment options when they purchase items from the store catalog

Review how installment rules are scheduled in relation to one another in a calendar tool

Review the list of active and inactive installment rules

Activate and deactivate installment rules

Update installment rules

Delete installment rules

Installment rules are not supported in Accelerator.
Manage tasks

Manage content within a workspace by selecting tasks, managing content within tasks, adding comments, and approving or rejecting tasks

Work on assigned tasks, complete tasks, and submit tasks for approval

For more information about which workspaces tasks can be managed in the Tasks tool within Management Center, see Use workspaces in Management Center.

Create new workspaces or task groups in the Workspace Administration tool

Administer workspaces in the Workspace Administration tool

Related concepts

IBM Management Center for WebSphere Commerce

Related tasks

Use Management Center
Prepare to use Management Center

Related reference

Migrate from Accelerator to Management Center

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To...	Use Management Center	Use Accelerator
Manage catalogs and merchandise	Create master and sales catalogs, including defining categories, creating products and SKUs, categorizing SKUs, and bundling SKUs Manage product content and create merchandising associations Import catalog data from a CSV file Search and replace across multiple catalog entries, such as changing the description of multiple products at once	Assign tax codes If the business requires these features, continue to use the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. For more information, see Map between the catalogs tool in Accelerator and Management Center.
Manage promotions	Create promotions for the merchandise Manage promotions using the promotions calendar view Promotions created in Accelerator are not displayed and are not searchable in the Management Center Promotions tool. To enable such promotions in the Management Center Promotions tool, migrate them.	See: Promotions
Manage marketing campaigns	Design marketing campaigns containing Web, Dialog, and E-mail activities Create experiments to test the campaign activities' effectiveness Create marketing content Manage marketing activities using the activities calendar view Create e-Marketing Spots Create remote widgets for e-Marketing Spots Create customer segments Campaigns and Web activities created in Accelerator are not displayed and are not searchable in the Management Center Marketing tool. To use these campaigns and Web activities in Management Center, migrate them.	Manage content spots If the store pages contain content spots created in Accelerator, you cannot manage those content spots in Management Center because the Marketing tool does not support content spots. See Options for managing content spots after moving to Management Center.
Manage assets	Browse attachments, managed files, and managed directories Create, change, and delete attachments Create, change, and delete managed files Create and delete managed directories Upload files, such as product images and marketing content. You can use the Assets tool in the Management Center to manage attachments that were created in Accelerator. You can also use the Assets tool to manage files that were uploaded using Accelerator, such as product images and marketing content.	For information about mapping between attachments in Accelerator and Management Center, see Attachments.
Manage installment rules	Create installment rules to offer customers different installment payment options when they purchase items from the store catalog Review how installment rules are scheduled in relation to one another in a calendar tool Review the list of active and inactive installment rules Activate and deactivate installment rules Update installment rules Delete installment rules	Installment rules are not supported in Accelerator.
Manage tasks	Manage content within a workspace by selecting tasks, managing content within tasks, adding comments, and approving or rejecting tasks Work on assigned tasks, complete tasks, and submit tasks for approval For more information about which workspaces tasks can be managed in the Tasks tool within Management Center, see Use workspaces in Management Center.	Create new workspaces or task groups in the Workspace Administration tool Administer workspaces in the Workspace Administration tool