Business relationship management - differences between releases

The following chart shows the different business relationship management capabilities between editions and supported releases.

	WebSphere Commerce V6	WebSphere Commerce V5.6.1	WebSphere Commerce V5.6	WebSphere Commerce V5.5
Business relationship management	x			x			x			x
Business accounts	x			x			x			x
Contracts	x			x			x			x
Business policies	x			x			x			x
Business relationship management between channel partners and suppliers	x			x			x			x
Trading mechanisms	x			x			x			x
Business accounts and contracts defining a store/customer relationship	x			x			x			x
Business accounts and contracts defining a channel partner and supplier relationship	x			x			x			x
Business policies	x			x			x			x
Catalog business policies controlling price lists and product sets	x			x			x			x
Payment business policies controlling payment methods and paying refunds	x			x			x			x
Return business policies controlling return term such as time period and fees	x			x			x			x
Shipping policies controlling carriers and charges	x			x			x			x
Policies can be created via browser based tools or via XML files	x			x			x			x
Contracts with terms such as pricing, shipping methods, payment methods, fulfillment centers, approval rules, returns, and quantities	x			x			x			x
Default contracts for stores	x			x			x			x
Multiple contract states from draft, through approval, to active and closed	x			x			x			x
Contracts can be hierarchical referencing other contracts for terms and conditions	x			x			x			x
Contracts created via browser based tool	x			x			x			x
Contracts can reference one or more business policies	x			x			x			x
Enhancements to business accounts and contracts	x			x			x
New Display customization terms and conditions	x			x			x
Catalog filtering and pricing via a catalog tree view	x			x			x
Fixed amount price adjustments in the catalog filter	x			x			x
Changes can be made to the catalog filter and pricing without contract versioning	x			x			x
Customer groups can be set as buyer groups in a contract.	x			x			x
Excluded categories are not displayed in the store	x			x			x
Catalog filtering at the category and catalog entry level	x			x			x
Contract import and export tool	x			x			x
Catalog Filter support for multiple price lists in a store	x
Term and condition locking	x
Shipping charge discounts term and condition	x
Address book term and condition	x
Component Price Building Block term and condition	x
Price-override limits	x

Related Concepts

Business relationship model
Differences between editions and releases