Use a custom product repository name or location

When you set up Sitecore to integrate with an external commerce system that uses product synchronization, you must create a product repository. The default name and location for the product repository is /sitecore/content/Product Repository. If you want to use a custom product repository name or location, you must adjust the configuration.

To use a custom product repository name or location:

1. In the /App_Config/Include/Sitecore.Commerce.Products.config file, edit the following attribute:

   <paths productRepository="/sitecore/content/Product Repository">

2. To change the configuration of the two index files for the Solr indexing engine, update the lines in the following samples:

   • In the Sitecore.Commerce.Products.Solr.Index.Master.config file, update the Root of the ProductItemCrawler:

     <locations hint="list:AddCrawler">
      <crawler type="Sitecore.Commerce.Search.ProductItemCrawler,Sitecore.Commerce.Connect.Core">
        <Database>master</Database>
         <Root>/sitecore/content/Product Repository</Root>
      </crawler>
     </locations>

   • In the Sitecore.Commerce.Products.Solr.Index.Web.config file, update the Root of the ProductItemCrawler:

     <locations hint="list:AddCrawler">
      <crawler type="Sitecore.Commerce.Search.ProductItemCrawler,Sitecore.Commerce.Connect.Core">
        <Database>web</Database>
         <Root>/sitecore/content/Product Repository</Root>
      </crawler>
     </locations>

3. If you change the ID of the index for the master database from the default commerce_products_master_index, you must also replace the ID in the ProductSynchronization.ProductIndexes setting in the Sitecore.Commerce.Products.Config file.

   The setting contains a list of index IDs that will be paused, resumed, and rebuilt during product synchronization:

   <!--  PRODUCT INDEXES.
           The indexes used to store synchronized products.
           Can be stopped, resumed and rebuilt automatically during product synchronization.
   -->
   <setting name="ProductSynchronization.ProductIndexes" value="sitecore_master_index, commerce_products_master_index" />