Open PARTdataCenter and double-click on the icon Structure/classify products.

-> The Windows Explorer opens.

Choose a location and a project name. Then click on Save.

Alternatively you can start PARTdataCenter by clicking on one of the projects under Recent Projects.

-> PARTdataCenter opens with an empty work surface.

In the context menu of Workspace, click on Set remote connection (initially at a new project), in order to connect to the PARTdataCenter Classify server.

Initially at a new project

-> The dialog box PARTdatacenter Classify server is opened.

Normally the connection data is already entered, so that you just have to select the desired component in the dialog area Select component. Confirm with a click on Select.

Note Should there be no component displayed, please have a look on some notes under Section 1.3.12, “Troubleshooting ”.

At an already existing project just click on Connect to component.

Connect to component

Now you can open your catalog and see the categories Attributes, Products, Structure on the left side (more details on this can be found under Section 1.3.1.3, “Categories Attributes | Products | Structure ”).

If no catalog exists yet, import it from a CSV file or PARTsolutions or create it from the scratch.

Now you can close the project via click on Close project or exit PARTdataCenter via click on Exit.

You don't you to save, this is automatically done.

Possibly you should commit your changes, meaning upload to the server. On this see Section 1.3.1.2, “Connect to Server | Import | Commit | Download | Export”.