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Nevermind.

I have found it:

I have to admit that it's not exactly intuitive for someone working with DW in the past. I just hope the new users will find it intuitive :)

Adrian

Hello Adrian,

- I don't think, that you should use the Warehouse (if the target is new users of a DW10 solution), but instead should you look into the new data model (which behind the scenes actually is using a warehouse). Only reason why the Warehouse still are available, most be in cases of an migration from DW9 to DW10.

Br. Michael Knudsen

Hi Michael,

I will admit openly that I don't exactly understand the whole "Data Model" concept. i have watched a few videos and I have tried to find real life scenarios that would work as described in the video.

But apart from having some groups with attributes and default values for those attributes, I could not find a way to work with it with catalogues of various product types.

Unless it is the same thing as using groups with product categories. In which case it's just another way of doing the same thing :)

If you have any pointers for me that would help me understand these concepts better, please do so. Right now, I am a bit confused by the interface changes together with the new object names and relations. Pretty hard to accomplish even simple tasks :)

Thank you,
Adrian

Hi Adrian,

Try this:

• Let's assume you have a 3 group level structure
• Create a data model with 3 fields
  • Category
  • Sub Category
  • Sub Sub Category
    (you can also call them Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 if you prefer)
• Then set the value of each field to what the "Group" name would be
• Create a Dynamic Workspace and call it "By Category"
  • Choose the 3 fields accordingly

This could be your starting point to NOT using groups. It's similar to what you'd get from an ERP (attributes for Category and Subcategory), thus better mimicking that setup.

Best Regards,

Nuno Aguiar

Hi Nuno,

Thank you for the details. It seems logical the way you put it but it's still hard for me to envision applying this model to my needs.

In the meantime, I just realized that not all of our projects will have PIM (in this case, Products). And I am not sure how this setup (e-commerce only) will affect the availability of the different new objects (Dynamic workspace, Data model, Data set etc).

Fun fact, I have just spent almost 2 hours trying to wrap my head around the interface and add 1 product with a couple of variant groups, one product category with a few options, attach the category to a group, try to figure out why my newly created product category fields are not visible, assign another product to data model, de-assign product from data model, assign the product to a Channel category, assign the product category, then figure out how to make the fields visible.

All of this is for 2 products with a few variants and options. And I have spent my last +10 years working with DW :)
Tomorrow I have a demo presentation where I need to convince other people that DW 10 is the solution for 2025 :)

I probably need to re-learn everything :)

Thank you,

Adrian

Hi Adrian,

In DW10, we have implemented the new "Data modeling" concept, there gives users more flexibility to setup their Data-models, compared to DW9 Warehouse

But to make it possible to upgrade DW9-> DW10, we have the Warehouse management in Settings area.

If you have Client's setup, without PIM license, you can still define Category-fields on Groups level in a Shop.

Also take a look in the Manual area Products | Dynamicweb 10 Developer Documentation

I hope it answer your questions, othervise let me know

/Søren

Hi Soren,

I believe that I have to read more about the key concepts and understand the main differecnes between old Warehouses and current Data Models.

Thank you,

Adrian

Hi Adrian,

> it's still hard for me to envision applying this model to my needs.

> I probably need to re-learn everything :)

I'm on that boat as well :) It doesn't yet come 100% naturally to me. Hopefully one day.

Nuno