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title: Publish an item to the software catalog
description: After you create a software item for the vendor catalog, publish it to the software catalog for viewing. The software catalog is a section within the service catalog.
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product: Product Catalog
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Publish an item to the software catalog

After you create a software item for the vendor catalog, publish it to the software catalog for viewing. The software catalog is a section within the service catalog.

## Before you begin

Role required: model\_manager

## About this task

To see the **Publish to Software Catalog Item** related link on the Vendor Catalog Item form, add a software model or a consumable model to the **Product Model** field, and leave the **Product Catalog Item** field blank.

After you publish a vendor catalog item to the software catalog, the **Publish to Software Catalog** related link is no longer available. Any changes made on the vendor catalog item record are synchronized with the information in the software catalog.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Product Catalog** > **Catalog Definition** > **Vendor Items**.

2.  Open a vendor catalog item.

3.  In **Related Links**, select **Publish to Software Catalog**.

4.  Select a **Category**.

5.  Select **OK**.

    The published item is listed in the **Vendor catalog Items** related list of the Software Catalog form.


**Parent Topic:**[Create a vendor catalog item](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/product-catalog/t_CreateAVendorCatalogItem.md)

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