Product Catalog Sites and the Product Hierarchy Term Set
We recently ran into a perplexing issue with SharePoint 2013. We'd create a Managed Metadata service application, and we'd be able to create and use term sets without any issues. However, when we created a Product Catalog site, the site collection term store group and the Product Hierarchy term set did not get created. This is a fairly major roadblock, as the entire structure of the site (e.g. the Item Category site column, the Products list) is built around this term set. In other words, you click this: You expect to see this: But you actually see this: The Solution On the properties for your Managed Metadata service proxy, you need to select the option This service application is the default storage location for column specific term sets . To do this, in the list of service applications, select the Managed Metadata service application proxy (be sure to select the proxy, not the service application itself). Then, on t