Products hierarchy

The products hierarchy contains attributes such as Category, Brand, Catalog, and Supplier.

The Products hierarchy contains the following attributes.

Attribute	Description	Example
Brand	The manufacturer or artist for a particular product.	Ayn Rand, 3Com, Sony.
Catalog	The medium used to sell products.	Spring 2006, Fall 2007.
Category	Products are organized into categories at the highest level.	Electronics, Music.
Discontinued Code	0 = discontinued product, 1 = non-discontinued product.	0, 1.
Item	The individual product sold.	The Great Gatsby, Sony Discman.
Subcategory	Used to further differentiate a subset of products within a category.	Business, Cameras, Drama.
Supplier	The distributor for a set of brands.	McGraw Hill, Disney Studios.
Warranty	The time period in months during which a manufacturer repairs a broken item (specific to Narrowcast Server).	3, 5.

The attributes listed in the table above are some of the most commonly used attributes that are included in the logical definition of the Products hierarchy. Refer to the following image for a complete understanding of the logical relationships of all attributes for the Products hierarchy.