Use a promising server in a side-by-side integration

Use a Promising server for inventory in a HCL Commerce and IBM Sterling Order Management integration requires these general steps:

1. Create all inventory-related setup for the WebSphere Commerce storefront enterprise on the Promising server. This process includes adjustInventory, Real-time Availability Monitor setup, Global Inventory Visibility rules, monitor rules, and so on.

2. Access the WebSphere Commerce and point the inventory system URL to http://Inventory_server:port/smcfs/servlets/scwcsoapservlet.

3. Enable the

   • REALTIME_AVAILABILITY_CHANGE event

   • REALTIME_AVAILABILITY_CHANGE_LIST event

   on the Promising server. Enabling this event requires two actions:

   • On the Promising server, manually enable the

     • REALTIME_AVAILABILITY_CHANGE event

     • REALTIME_AVAILABILITY_CHANGE_LIST event

     and add the event handler definition.

   • On the order server, manually deactivate the

     • REALTIME_AVAILABILITY_CHANGE event.

     • (and later) REALTIME_AVAILABILITY_CHANGE_LIST event.

   Note: This is required to call the SCWC_SDF_syncInventoryChanges service on the Promising server. The activation script, which calls the SCWC_SDF_syncInventoryChanges service, is run on the order server.

Related tasks
Setting up the Sterling Order Management transports