Migrating from WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to Management Center

There are several changes in behavior in tooling with the move to the Management Center . If you have used the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator in the past for catalog, promotion, or marketing management, you can review this file to view these changes.

Catalogs tool

There are several changes between catalog management functionality in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the catalogs tool in Management Center .
Table 1. Linking and unlinking This table describes the linking and unlinking behavior within the catalogs tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center .

This table describes the linking and unlinking behavior within the catalogs tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center .
Common behavior WebSphere Commerce Accelerator differences Management Center differences What this means to you
A source category in a sales catalog can link to a target category in the sales catalog or the same sales catalog. A linked target category enables the source category to be synchronized so that changes are reflected in the source category. Can link to a target category in the master catalog. Navigating through a sales catalog to the master catalog categories leads you back to the master catalog. Any changes made to the linked master catalog category are reflected in the master catalog itself.
Categories that are linked can have the links removed. Unlinking is supported anywhere on a node in the catalog tree, such as at the subcategory or catalog entry level. Unlinking is only supported at the root node where the link was made. If you want to unlink below the root node where the link was made, you must copy the tree from the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and only link where the tree must be synchronized.
Table 2. Categories This table describes the behavior of categories within the catalogs tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center .

This table describes the behavior of categories within the catalogs tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center .
Common behavior WebSphere Commerce Accelerator differences Management Center differences What this means to you
Categories contain SKUs. A master catalog has a hierarchy of products with SKUs. A master catalog has product-level and category-level SKUs. Category-level SKUs are only available in Non-ATP stores.
Category hierarchies can be copied. Copying an entire hierarchy of categories and products from a sales or master catalog to a sales catalog is supported. Only one level of a hierarchy can be copied at a time. To copy hierarchies of categories and products using the Management Center , you must copy one level at a time.
Moving categories within a catalog. You can move a category in the sales or master catalog. You can only move a category in the master catalog. Moving a category in the sales catalog causes an exception, and results in an error being recorded in the error log. If this occurs, click File > Reload all ; then close the application to clean up the user interface.
Table 3. Catalog entries This table describes the behavior of catalog entries within the catalogs tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center .

This table describes the behavior of catalog entries within the catalogs tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center .
Behavior WebSphere Commerce Accelerator differences Management Center differences What this means to you
Creating SKUs SKUs can be generated from a product after defining attributes are created with all possible values. SKUs can be generated from a product after defining attributes are created with all possible values.

Promotions tool

There are several changes between promotions functionality in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the promotions tool in Management Center .
Table 4. Functionality This table describes the behavior of several functions within the promotions tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center .
Behavior WebSphere Commerce Accelerator differences Management Center differences What this means to you
Promotion reporting WebSphere Commerce Accelerator provides reports to detail the information gathered during the current, or most recent active period. The Management Center does not provide any promotions reporting.
Price adjustment base The contract price is used by default and the price adjustment base selection is configured as site level. You can select which price to use as a price adjustment base, either the standard offer price, or the contract price.

The price adjustment base is selection is configured by promotion, which enables you to create more dynamic business rules.
Table 5. Promotion types This table shows each promotion type in the Management Center and the corresponding name in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.

This table shows each promotion type in the Management Center and the corresponding name in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
Promotion Group WebSphere Commerce Accelerator promotion type Management Center promotion type
Catalog-entry level promotions Percentage off per item Percentage off catalog entry X
Fixed amount off per item Fixed amount off each catalog entry X
Percentage off per item Percentage off each catalog entry X
Fixed amount off for all Fixed amount off subtotal of catalog entry X
Free gift with purchase Buy catalog entry X, get catalog entry Y free
Buy X, get additional items at a discount Buy catalog entry X, get additional X at a discount
Not available in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator Buy catalog entry X, get percentage discount off catalog entry Y
Percentage off per item Percentage off on subtotal of catalog entries from category X
Fixed amount off for all Fixed amount off on subtotal of catalog entries from category X
Fixed amount off per item Fixed amount off per catalog entry from category X
Percentage off per item Percentage off per catalog entry from category X
Free gift with purchase Buy catalog entries from category X, get catalog entry Y free
Buy X, get additional items at a discount Buy catalog entries from category X, get additional catalog entries from category X at a discount
Order-level promotions Percentage off Percentage off on order
Fixed amount off Fixed amount off on order
Free gift with purchase Free gift on order
Shipping promotions Discounted shipping Fixed cost shipping
Table 6. Terminology This table shows each promotion type in the Management Center and the corresponding name in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.

This table shows each promotion type in the Management Center and the corresponding name in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
WebSphere Commerce Accelerator term Management Center term
Promotion group
  • Product level
  • Order level
  • Shipping level
 Promotion group
  • Catalog-entry level
  • Order level
  • Shipping level
Priority
  • Highest
  • High
  • Moderate
  • Low
  • Lowest
 Priority

A value ranging from 1 to 1000.
  • Active
  • Inactive
 Promotion status
  • Active
  • Inactive
  • Suspended

Marketing tool

There are several changes between marketing functionality in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the marketing tool in Management Center.
This table describes the marketing management behavior within the marketing tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center.

This table describes the marketing management behavior within the marketing tool in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and Management Center.
Behavior WebSphere Commerce Accelerator differences Management Center differences What this means to you
Campaign activities You can create campaign activities. Campaign activities created in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator are not migrated to the Management Center . You must recreate campaign activities that were created in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator in the Management Center .
Content spots You can create content spots. You cannot use Management Center to create content spots. Use the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to create content spots.
Customer segments You can create customer segments. You cannot use Management Center to create customer segments. Use the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to create customer segments.
e-Marketing Spots You can create e-Marketing Spots. You cannot use Management Center to create e-Marketing Spots. Use the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to create e-Marketing Spots.

Assets tool

There are several changes in the behavior in attachments with the move to the Management Center . If you have used the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator in the past to manage attachments, you can review this section to view any changes.
This table describes the behavior of attachments within WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Assets tool in the Management Center .

This table describes the behavior of attachments within WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Assets tool in the Management Center
WebSphere Commerce Accelerator differences Management Center differences What this means to you
Attachment functionality that is embedded inside the Catalogs tool can only be used by the Catalogs tool. The Marketing tool is only associated with the attachment functionality. The Management Center introduces the Assets tool to manage attachments. You can use the Assets tool to create attachments and files in the asset store. You can also use the Assets tool to change, copy, and delete attachments in the extended sites store and to change and delete files from the extended sites store. Both the Catalogs tool and the Marketing tool can use attachments. You can use the Assets tool to create attachments which associate additional Web content, such as files or URLs, with WebSphere Commerce business objects, such as products, categories, and marketing content.

You can also use the Assets tool to manage attachments that were created in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.

You can use the Assets tool to manage files that were uploaded using the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, such as product images and marketing content.
The same file cannot be used in different attachments. To use the same file in different attachments, you must use copies of the files in the different attachments The same file can be used in multiple attachments. You can reduce confusion resulting from multiple files with identical content, and similar names.
Attachments do not support the .png file type. Attachments support the .png file type. You can now use .png graphics files within attachments.

Tasks tool

There are several changes between the workspace functionality in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Tasks tool in Management Center .
This table describes the content management behavior in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Tasks tool within Management Center .

This table describes the content management behavior in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and the Tasks tool within Management Center .
Behavior WebSphere Commerce Accelerator differences Management Center differences What this means to you
Content management Create new workspaces or task groups through the Workspace Administration tool.

Manage the workspace itself, such as creating new workspaces or task groups, through the Workspace Administration tool.

 Manage content within a workspace in the Management Center by selecting tasks, managing content within a task, and adding comments and approving or rejecting tasks. If you want to manage the workspace itself, such as creating new workspaces or task groups, you must do that in the Workspace Administration Tool in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.