The OpenPages catalog system uses an extremely flexible dynamic database. It may contain thousands of products, each with multiple orderable items or SKUs. Families of products will be handled to reveal important relationships. Variable fields and categories allow each product record to contain a variety of descriptive and ordering information as well as media components such as product pictures, audio or video clips. Your catalog's product descriptions, pricing, pictures and text can be easily updated any time, right from your own offices, without the assistance of a programmer or webmaster.

An example list of database fields for a clothing catalog:

• Product Name
• Product Description
• Product Picture
• Special Notes
• Available Sizes
• Available Colors
• Multiple orderables or SKU's per product, including:
  • Ordering Code
  • Item Description
  • Size
  • Color
  • Price

A short list of database fields for an educational software catalog:

• Product Title
• Product Description
• Multiple Curriculum or Subject Area Categories
• Grade Level or Age Ranges
• Platform (MS-DOS, Mac, Windows, etc.)
• Media Availability (Floppy, CD-ROM, Video, Laser Disc, Book, etc.)
• System Requirements
• Product Picture
• Special Notes or Success Story, etc.
• Multiple orderables or SKU's per title, including:
  • Ordering Code
  • Configuration/Description
  • Price