Starter store archives
WebSphere Commerce provides sample composite store archives for each business model.These composite store archives are composed of the following components:
A sample organization structure
- Sample predefined user roles
- Sample necessary access control policies
- A sample storefront
- Sample assets
Publishing the composite store archives creates the proper environment, as well as a working store or site. These store archives are available in the
Default
view of the Publish wizard:
- ConsumerDirect.sar
- B2BDirect.sar
- AdvancedB2BDirect.sar
- ExtendedSites.sar
- DemandChain.sar
- SupplyChain.sar
WebSphere Commerce also provides component starter
store archives for each part of the composite store archive. These component
store archives are available in the respective store type's view of the Publish
wizard.
The following chart lists the starter store archives
available in WebSphere Commerce:
| Type | Store archive name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer direct | ConsumerDirect.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a consumer direct environment, plus a feature-rich working store. |
| ConsumerDirectOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a consumer direct environment. | |
| ConsumerDirectStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature rich working consumer direct store. | |
| B2B direct | AdvancedB2BDirect.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a B2B direct environment, plus a feature-rich working store. |
| AdvancedB2BDirectOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a B2B direct environment. | |
| AdvancedB2BDirectStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature-rich working B2B direct store. | |
| Demand chain | DemandChain.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a demand chain environment, plus the necessary assets to create a demand chain solution, including a channel hub site, shared catalog, and reseller and distributor stores. |
| DemandChainOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure and predefined user roles to create a demand chain environment. | |
| ChannelHub.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a hub site. | |
| CatalogAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
| ConsumerDirectResellerStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a reseller storefront. | |
| B2BDirectResellerStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a B2B storefront. | |
| DistributorAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to support distributor proxy stores. | |
| DistributorProxyOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure and predefined user roles to create top level organization structure for the distributor proxy stores. | |
| Extended Sites | ExtendedSites.sar | A starter store composite archive, containing the organization
structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to
create an extended sites environment. Also contains the necessary assets to
create a hub site, shared catalog, and seller storefronts.
The Extended Sites starter store does not have an actual storefront until the extended sites themselves (the stores) are created using WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. |
| ExtendedSitesOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create an Extended Sites environment. | |
| StoreDirectory.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a navigable directory of all stores available in the site. | |
| ExtendedSitesHub.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create the extended sites hub storefront. | |
| ExtendedSitesCatalogAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
| ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a consumer direct storefront. | |
| B2BDirectStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a B2B storefront. | |
| Supply chain | SupplyChain.sar | A composite starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a supply chain environment, plus the necessary assets to create a supplier hub site, shared catalog and supplier stores. |
| SupplyChainOrganizationStructure.sar | A store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a supply chain environment. | |
| SupplierHub.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a supplier hub site. | |
| CatalogAssetStore.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
| SupplierAssetStore.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a supplier storefront. |