Advanced B2B direct access control structure
The following diagram describes an advanced B2B direct business model and access control structure.
In this diagram, describing a B2B direct business model, the root organization subscribes to the management and administration policy group as described in Access control policies and policy group structure.
The B2B organization subscribes directly to the B2B, management and administration, and the common shopping policy groups.
The B2B organization also owns and subscribes to the AdvancedB2BDirect policy group. The AdvancedB2BDirect policy group contains the following policies:
- AllUsersForAdvancedB2BDirectExecuteAdvancedB2BDirectAllUsersViews
- RegisteredCustomersForOrgForAdvancedB2BDirectExecuteAdvancedB2BDirectRegisteredCustomerViews
The second policy above, allows registered customers to execute a set of commands in the AdvancedB2BDirect store. Registered customers in this case, are the users in the buyer organization that have the Registered Customer role in the B2B organization. These users would get this role when they register in the AdvancedB2BDirect store. All buyers must belong to a buyer organization. Typically, buyer organizations do not subscribe to any policy groups, since management and administration policies inherited from the root organization are sufficient.
Since access control policy groups are subscribed by organizational entities, if you are creating multiple stores in your site, and want to apply different access control policy groups to individual stores, create separate organizations to own each store.
- AdvancedB2BDirectGuestCatalogEnabled
The B2B organization owns and subscribes to the AdvancedB2BDirectGuestCatalogEnabled policy group. This policy group contains the policies to allow all users to view the catalog browsing views and commands.
- AdvancedB2BDirectGuestShoppingEnabled
The B2B organization owns the AdvancedB2BDirectGuestShoppingEnabled policy group. This policy group contains the policies to allow all users to view the catalog browsing views and commands. In addition, this policy also allows all users to execute all order commands plus all shopping flow views. Customers can add this feature manually through Organization Administration Console, if needed.
Related concepts
B2B direct organization structure
Access control policies and policy group structure
Related tasks
Enabling guest shopping in an advanced B2B direct store - - -