Extended Sites - WebSphere Commerce v7
Introduction to Extended Sites
Introduction
- Redbook
- Our objectives
- Conventions used in this book
- Target audience of this IBM Redbook
- Roles and skills
- Matching topics in this book to roles and skills
- For more information
- IBM WebSphere Commerce product documentation
- IBM Redbooks
WebSphere Commerce basics
- Business models
- Direct sales
- Value chain
- Stores
- Customer-facing stores
- Asset stores
- Proxy stores
- Examples of multiple stores in a single instance
- Store relationships
- Catalogs
- Master catalogs
- Sales catalogs
- Business accounts and contracts
- Business accounts
- Contracts
- Business policies
- WebSphere Commerce flow infrastructure
- Flow repository
- Custom JSP tags
- Access control concepts
- Organizational hierarchy
- Roles
- Access control policy
- Levels of access control
- E-mail activities
Extended Sites in WebSphere Commerce
- Overview
- Business models and scenarios
- Sites for different geographies
- Sites for different brands
- Sites for different market segments
- Sites for large customers
- Extended Sites sar files
- ExtendedSites.sar
- Shared assets
- Organizations and roles
- Implement Extended Sites
- Modify Extended Sites starter store archive
- Modify component store archives
- Modify asset store archives
- Limitations
- Sales catalogs
- Inventory
- Product Advisor
- Configure for taxes
- Marketing campaigns
Create Extended Sites
Scenario description
Publish the sar
- Publish procedure
- Administrative tasks
- Configure Scheduler jobs
- Configure e-mail
- Configure e-mail accounts for the hub
- Change hub profile information
- Optional tasks
- Sales catalog
- Inventory
- Fulfillment centers
Create a new asset store
Create organizations and users
- Overview
- Create seller organizations and users
- Create seller organizations
- Add users
- Create buyer organizations and buyers
- Create buyer organizations
- Add buyer administrators
- Add buyer organizations to store member groups
- Add buyers
Create and customize the stores
- Create stores
- Create stores with the ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore
- Create a store with the CustomB2CStorefrontAssetStore
- Create stores with the B2BDirectStorefrontAssetStore
- Store summary
- Housekeeping activities
- Add sellers to stores
- Check policy subscriptions in new organizations
- Add roles to the new organizations
- Add users to the new organizations
- Assign roles to the users
- Set up WebSphere Commerce Payments
- Authorizing cassettes for the store
- Assign WebSphere Commerce Payments access roles
- Customize the B2C1 store
- Update the store profile
- Customize the store pages
- Customize the store flow
- Define shipping and taxes
- Configure messages and report delivery settings
- Add return reasons
- Customize the catalog
- Add vendors
- Customize the B2C2 store
- Update the store profile
- Customize the store pages
- Customize the store flow
- Define shipping and taxes
- Configure messages and report delivery settings
- Add return reasons
- Customize the catalog
- Add vendors
- Customize the B2C3 store
- Update the store profile
- Customize the store pages
- Customize the store flow
- Define shipping and taxes
- Configure messages and report delivery settings
- Add return reasons
- Customize the catalog
- Add vendors
- Customize the SWG store
- Update the store profile
- Customize the store pages
- Customize the store flow
- Define shipping and taxes
- Configure messages and report delivery settings
- Add return reasons
- Create contract
- Add vendors
- Customize the IGS store
- Update the store profile
- Customize the store pages
- Customize the store flow
- Define shipping and taxes
- Configure messages and report delivery settings
- Add return reasons
- Create a contract
- Add vendors
- Open the stores for business
- Register buyers (B2B only)
- System modification
- Registration
- Approvals
Manage Extended Sites
Manage the site
- Configuration Manager
- Database update tool
- Enable auctions
- Administration Console
- Security: Account policy
- Security Password policy
- Security: Account lockout policy
- Security: Security checker
- Monitor: View unsent messages
- Monitor: View archived messages
- Configuration: Transports
- Configuration: Message types
- Configuration: Component configuration
- Configuration: Scheduler
- Configuration: Registry
- Configuration: Product information
- Payments: Users
- Payments: Merchant settings
- Payments: Payment settings
- Payments: Cassettes
- Store Archives: Publish
- Store Archives: Publish Status
- Organization Administration Console
- Access Management: Users
- Access Management: Organizations
- Access Management: Roles
- Access Management: Access Groups
- Access Management: Policies
- Access Management: Resource Groups
- Access Management: Action Groups
- Approvals: Approval Requests
- Approvals: Find Approval Requests
- Tasks
- Create a new role-based access control policy
- Payments administration
- Monitor performance
- Dynamic caching
- Database cleanup
- Log and tracing
Manage the hub
- Overview
- Extended Sites Hub
- Hub: Open/Close
- Hub: Change Profile
- Extended Sites: View Stores
- Extended Sites: New Store
- Extended Sites: Import Store
- Extended Sites: Find Stores
- Extended Sites: Broadcast E-mail
- Extended Sites: Report Delivery Settings
- Reports: Store Level Reports
- Reports: Site Level Reports
- Extended Sites Catalog Asset Store
- Products: Catalog Management
- Products: Find Catalog Entries
- Products: Find Categories
- Products: Find Bundles or Kits
- Products: Find Merchandising Associations
- Products: Sales Catalogs
- Products: Catalog Import
- B2B Direct Storefront Asset Store
- Sales: Accounts
- Marketing: Customer Segments
- Marketing: Campaigns
- Marketing: Campaign Activities
- Marketing: Promotions
- Marketing: e-Marketing Spots
- Marketing: Ad Copy
- Consumer Direct Storefront Asset Store
- Marketing: Customer Segments
- Marketing: Campaigns
- Marketing: Campaign Activities
- Marketing: Promotions
- Marketing: e-Marketing Spots
- Marketing: Ad Copy
Manage a consumer direct store
- Overview
- Roles
- Access
- Store menu
- Store: Open/Close
- Store: Change Profile
- Store: Change Pages
- Store: Upload Logo
- Store: Change Style
- Store: Manage Files
- Store: Change Flow
- Store: Change Shipping
- Store: Change Tax
- Store: Payment Settings
- Store: Message Type Configuration
- Store: Report Delivery Settings
- Store: Fulfillment Centers
- Store: Return Reasons
- Store: Inventory Adjustment Code
- Marketing menu
- Marketing: Customer Segments
- Marketing: Campaigns
- Marketing: Campaign Activities
- Marketing: Promotions
- Marketing: E-Marketing Spots
- Marketing: Ad Copy
- Marketing: Experiments
- Merchandise menu
- Merchandise: Catalog Management
- Merchandise: Find Catalog Entries
- Merchandise: Find Categories
- Merchandise: Find Bundles or Kits
- Merchandise: Find Merchandising Associations
- Merchandise: Sales Catalogs
- Merchandise: Catalog Filter
- Merchandise: Catalog Import
- Merchandise: Expected Inventory
- Merchandise: Vendors
- Auctions menu
- Auctions: Auctions
- Auctions: Find Auctions
- Auctions: Auction Styles
- Auction: Bid Rules
- Operations menu
- Operations: Create New Customer
- Operations: Find Customer
- Operations: Update Customer Details
- Operations: Reset Customer Password
- Operations: Find Orders
- Operations: Place Guest Order
- Operations: Auctions
- Operations: Send Order E-mail Notification
- Operations: Change Order Details
- Operations: Add Order Comments
- Operations: Cancel Order
- Operations: Find a Pick Batch
- Operations: Create a Pick Batch
- Operations: Print a Pick Ticket
- Operations: Print a Packing Slip
- Operations: Generate Shipping Exceptions Report
- Operations: Find Releases Ready to Ship
- Operations: Create Package
- Operations: Change Package
- Operations: Delete Package
- Operations: Confirm Release Shipped
- Operations: Find a Return
- Operations: Create a Return
- Operations: Find Expected Inventory
- Operations: Create Expected Inventory
- Operations: Change Expected Inventory
- Operations: View Expected Inventory
- Operations: Create Expected Inventory Receipt
- Operations: View Expected Inventory Receipt
- Operations: Close Expected Inventory
- Operations: Delete Expected Inventory
- Operations: Expected Inventory Reports
- Operations: Find Inventory
- Operations: Create Ad Hoc Inventory Receipt
- Operations: Adjust Inventory Quantity
- Operations: Proceed with Order Payment
- Operations: Process Order Payment
- Operations: Approve Payment
- Operations: Sale Payment
- Operations: Credit Payment
- Operations: Reject Payment
- Operations: Cancel Payment
- Operations: Delete Payment
- Operations: Close Payment
- Operations: Deposit Payment
- Operations: Void Payment
- Operations: Void Deposited Payment
- Operations: Settle Payment Batch
- Operations: Purge Payment Batch
- Operations: Delete Payment Batch
- Operations: Find Payment
- Operations: Find Payment Batch
- Reports menu
- Reports: Inventory Reports
- Reports: Inventory Receipts by Product
- Reports: Inventory Adjustments
- Reports: Inventory Status
- Reports: Products on Backorder
- Reports: Open Expected Inventory Records
- Reports: Order Management Reports
- Reports: Order Summary
- Reports: Overdue Backorders
- Reports: Operational Reports
- Reports: Store Activity Report
- Reports: Order Status Report
- Reports: Order Item Status Report
- Reports: Product Sales Report
- Reports: Region Report
Manage a B2B direct store
- Overview
- Roles
- Access
- Store menu
- Store: Open/Close
- Store: Change Profile
- Store: Change Pages
- Store: Upload Logo
- Store: Change Style
- Store: Manage Files
- Store: Change Flow
- Store: Change Shipping
- Store: Change Tax
- Store: Payment Settings
- Store: Approval Requests
- Store: Find Approval Requests
- Store: Approval Submissions
- Store: Find Approval Submissions
- Store: Fulfillment Centers
- Store: Return Reasons
- Store: Inventory Adjustment Code
- Store: Message Type Configuration
- Store: Report Delivery Settings
- Store: Collaborative Workspaces
- Sales menu
- Sales: Accounts
- Sales: RFQs
- Sales: Personalized Attributes
- Sales: Find Customers
- Sales: Find Orders
- Sales: Find Returns
- Sales: Order Management Reports
- Sales: Operational Reports
- Sales: Customer Care
- Sales: Customer Care Queue
- Sales: Approve Payment
- Sales: Deposit Payment
- Sales: Settle Payment
- Sales: Find Payment
- Sales: Find Payment Batch
- Marketing menu
- Marketing: Customer Segments
- Marketing: Campaigns
- Marketing: Campaign Activities
- Marketing: Promotions
- Marketing: E-Marketing Spots
- Marketing: Ad Copy
- Products menu
- Products: Catalog Management
- Products: Find Catalog Entries
- Products: Find Categories
- Products: Find Bundles or Kits
- Products: Find Merchandising Associations
- Products: Sales Catalogs
- Products: Expected Inventory
- Products: Vendors
- Products: Catalog Import
- Auctions menu
- Logistics menu
- Logistics: Returns
- Logistics: Pick Batches
- Logistics: Released Ready to Ship
- Logistics: Expected Inventory
- Logistics: Find Inventory
- Logistics: Inventory Reports
Appendixes
- Appendix A. WebSphere Commerce implementation
- ITSO test environment
- Hardware and software prerequisites
- Hardware used in the ITSO test environment
- Software used in the ITSO test environment
- Single-tier implementation
- Windows installation
- WebSphere Commerce V5.6.1 installation
- Add remote database server
- Install Windows 2000
- Install DB2 V8.2.1 Enterprise Edition Server
- Backup and restore of databases
- Configure DB2 connectivity
- Verify the remote DB2 Server node configuration
- Post-implementation steps
- Database backup
- Start servers
- Verify the runtime environment and store functionality
- Appendix B. WebSphere Commerce Developer implementation
- Windows 2000 installation
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows 2000 service levels
- Create admin user and assign user rights
- Verify network configuration
- Install WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.1.2
- Install WebSphere Studio Application Developer fixes
- Install Interim_fix004
- Install Interim_fix007
- Apply fixes to the test environment
- Install the WebSphere Commerce Toolkit
- Appendix C. Common procedures
- Start and stop servers
- WebSphere Commerce
- WebSphere Commerce Payments
- Delete sample data
- Before you run the script
- Run the script
- Delete instances
- Delete a WCS instance
- Delete a WebSphere Payments instance
- Update the Web server plug-in
- Configure for reporting
- Configure Marketing Events statistical counters
- Configure the display source for statistical counters
- Configure caching to capture user traffic data
- Appendix D. Additional material
- Locate the Web material
- Use the Web material
- System requirements for downloading the Web material
- How to use the Web material
- Glossary
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Related publications
- IBM Redbooks
- Online resources
- How to get IBM Redbooks
- Help from IBM
- Index
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