Tutorial: Using an ATP catalog

 

Introduction

This tutorial teaches you to use available to promise inventory (ATP inventory) in IBM WebSphere Commerce. You will install loading tools using supplied scripts, load ATP catalog assets, test the assets, and examine the results.

 

Audience

This tutorial is intended for store developers using WebSphere Commerce.

 

Time required

8 hours to install the examples provided, load the assets, and test.

 

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial you should be familiar with the following tasks and concepts:

• Publishing a store archive (all topics, but particularly Publishing a store archive using the Publish wizard)
• Available to promise (ATP) inventory allocation
• ATP inventory
• Enabling a store to use available to promise (ATP) inventory

 

Tutorial tasks

• Enabling your store to use available to promise inventory
• Install loading tools
• Loading ATP catalog assets
• Add ATP catalog entries to an order
• Examining the results of testing ATP catalog assets for an order

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