Enable persistent sessions globally

For the stores on the site to offer the consumer the ability to be remembered or to remember guest customers, enable persistent sessions globally. If you want your registered customers to use the persistent session features, create a check box on the logon and registration page that will enable the feature for their account.

Refer to enabling persistent session in a single store to create the necessary check box.

To configure the persistent session function globally, select Enable persistent session in the Configuration Manager.

When the persistent session function is enabled, you also need to configure the Migrate Guest Orders Event Listener node in the Configuration Manager to migrate guest customer information. This way, even guest customers will have their current shopping cart the next time they visit the store.

Customers who are not registered in the store can have persistent sessions, such that what they put into their shopping cart will remain between visits.

To enable persistent sessions globally...

  1. Enable persistent sessions globally:

    1. Open the Configuration Manager.

    2. Expand the nodes in the Configuration Manager: WebSphere Commerce > node > Commerce > Instance List > instance > Instance Properties > Session Management.

    3. In the Session Management node, select Enable persistent session.

    4. In the Cookie Expiry (days) field enter the number of days you want the session to last for. As long as the customer logs on to the site within the specified number of days, their session will persist.

  2. Enable the Migrate Guest Orders Event Listener:

    1. Open the Configuration Manager.

    2. Expand the nodes in the Configuration Manager: WebSphere Commerce > host_name > Commerce > Instance List > instance > Components > Migrate Guest Orders Event Listener.

    3. In the Migrate Guest Orders Event Listener node, select Enable Component.

 

Related Concepts


Persistent sessions (Remember Me)
Dynamic caching considerations for persistent session

 

Related tasks


Enabling persistent sessions in a single store