Sug bangalore - sitecore commerce introduction
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This document provides an introduction to implementing Sitecore Commerce. It discusses what an e-commerce system offers and how Sitecore Commerce and Commerce Connect work. Commerce Connect uses pipelines and processors to connect an external commerce system to Sitecore. A connector consists of pipeline processors that connect to a specific external system. The document also describes how product data is synchronized and the architecture of Sitecore XC, including the Commerce Engine.
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Sug bangalore - sitecore commerce introduction
- 1. Sitecore Commerce – Introduction to Implementation by Siddaraju Sampangi Sitecore User Group Bengaluru, 08th September 2018
- 2. What does an E-Commerce System offer? • Support for B2B or B2C or Both • Integration with Web Content Management • Support for eCommerce Marketing • Full faceted search • Integration with External Platforms • Store Localization • Plugin based architecture • Tax Service, Shipping Providers etc. are usually plugged-in • Product Technical Support
- 3. Commerce with Sitecore XC Sitecore + Commerce Sitecore XC 9 (Commerce Engine, BizFx Tools) Sitecore Commerce Connect + External Commerce Systems
- 4. Commerce Connect • Comes as Sitecore Package • Used to connect External Commerce System • Abstract layers • Cart • Pricing • Orders • Inventory • Each service layer comes with its own configuration files • Cart Service Layer - /App_Config/Include/Sitecore.Commerce.Carts.Config • Catalogs Service Layer - /App_Config/Include/Sitecore.Commerce.Catalogs.Config • Customers and Users Service Layer /App_Config/Include/Sitecore.Commerce.Customers.Config • Product data is synced using custom connectors
- 6. What is a connector? • Commerce connect is made up of pipelines that connect with Sitecore • Each pipeline contains one ore more Processors • Some of the pipeline processors are empty in the places where processors for external commerce systems are expected • We can use our own configuration file to patch • An external commerce system connector consists of pipeline processors that connect with the specific commerce system and uses its own configuration files to patch/replace existing pipeline processors
- 7. Pipeline example. • This pipeline Submits an order to the external commerce system • Multiple processors can be added to execute one after another
- 9. Product repository You can change Product Repository location in /App_Config/Include/ Sitecore.Commerce.Products.config
- 10. Product synchronization • Product synchronization model • External commerce systems store product data in different ways • Sitecore has built-in mechanism to create products under content tree • Uses pipelines • Data provider model • Items are virtual • Hybrid Model
- 11. Product Synchronization Process • Get products list • Evaluate which products to synchronize • LastModifiedDate > LastSyncDate • Synchronize product – create product items under product repository • Read product entity from external commerce system • Sync product attributes • Update product list • Delete any products removed in ECS
- 12. Sitecore XC 9 • Single integrated platform - content, commerce and analytics • Provides business tools for managing catalog, order, pricing and promotions • Plug-n-play architecture – specific functionality can be added without touching existing library • Scale based on different roles – have separate instances to serve different traffic
- 13. Commerce Engine • ASP.NET Core application • Full fledged E-Commerce platform • Services are exposed as OData/REST based APIs • Business tools are built on Angular and speaks to the REST APIs • There are set of plugins provided along with the product • Sitecore.Commerce.Plugin.Orders • Sitecore.Commerce.Plugin.Carts • Sitecore.Commerce.Plugin.Customers • Etc. • Users can build custom plugins
- 14. Commerce Engine Schema • CommerceEntity – the core artifact • https://schema.org/ • Stored in SOLR • Ref : https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/083614
- 15. Commerce Engine Connect Webshop Commerce Connect Service Layers Sitecore XP Commerce Engine Connect Sitecore Commerce
- 16. Commerce Engine Connect… • Commerce Engine Connect – connects Sitecore and Commerce Engine (Sitecore.Commerce.Engine.Connect.dll) • Overrides/Implements the pipelines processors defined in commerce connect and talks to commerce engine
- 17. Customizing Commerce Engine • Build a plugin