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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Developing
The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.
Presentation layer
WebSphere Commerce uses Java Server Pages (JSP) to implement the view layer of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. The view layer is in charge of retrieving data from the database through the use of data beans and formatting it to meet the display requirements. The view layers determines whether the request is sent to a browser or streamed out as XML. JSP files present a clean separation between data content and presentation.
Analytics for IBM WebSphere Commerce
WebSphere Commerce provides a framework that you can configure to integrate your store with an external Web analytics solution. This framework includes a tag library that you can use in store page JSP files to provide appropriate analytics information to the external analytics system.
Integrating Sales Center with IBM Digital Analytics
You can integrate WebSphere Commerce Sales Center, a rich client interface that is used for managing customers, orders, and payment information with IBM Digital Analytics, formerly known as Coremetrics Analytics, a web analytics provider. This integration provides you the capability of sending Sales Center information to IBM Digital Analytics to enhance existing analytics with information collected about your Sales Center users.
Generating an event file
If you choose to disable the automated event transmission to IBM Digital Analytics, formerly known as Coremetrics Analytics in the configuration, you must send the event data manually. You can use FTP, email, or some other method. To send the event data manually requires that you have the event data in a file, which is done by the EventFileGeneration utility.

Generating an event file

If you choose to disable the automated event transmission to IBM Digital Analytics, formerly known as Coremetrics Analytics in the configuration, you must send the event data manually. You can use FTP, email, or some other method. To send the event data manually requires that you have the event data in a file, which is done by the EventFileGeneration utility.

About this task

To run the event file generation utility.

Procedure

Navigate to the WC_installdir/components/cm-salescenter/bin/ directory.
Ensure that the WebSphere Commerce Server is running.
Run the EventFileGeneration utility.
Send the output event file, which is named as part of sending the utility, to IBM Digital Analytics.

Results

Note: The event file includes only the events that occur since the previous event file generation. If you send events to IBM Digital Analytics by using either the automated transmission, or an event file previously, the events are not included in this file.