Using Websphere Commerce tutorials

WebSphere Commerce provides tutorials designed to introduce various tasks related to customizing, using, and enhancing WebSphere Commerce applications and features.


Tutorial	Learning objectives	Description
Using the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool	After completing this tutorial, you should be familiar with the following concepts: WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool Deploying customized assets After completing this tutorial, you should be able to perform the following tasks: Configure the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool build properties Build the server and development deployment packages Configure the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool deployment properties Deploy the server deployment package on the production environment	This tutorial shows you how to deploy your customized code for the warranty tutorial by using the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool. The WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool is designed to address the error-prone and time-consuming nature of customized asset deployment.
Building and deploying assets into a separated store archive	After completing this tutorial, you should be familiar with the following concepts: WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool Packaging and deploying customized assets into different enterprise archives After completing this tutorial, you should be able to perform the following tasks: Configure the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool build properties Build the server and development deployment packages Configure the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool deployment properties Deploy the server deployment package on the production environment	This tutorial shows you how to deploy your customized code for the warranty tutorial into a separated store archive environment by using the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool.
Adding languages to WebSphere Commerce	After completing this tutorial, you should be familiar with the following concepts: Instance configuration files Language data Properties and resource bundle files The selected Languages list After completing this tutorial, you should be able to complete the following tasks: Creating and updating bootstrap files Include language data in the WebSphere Commerce instance Adding language support to Management Center Adding language support to WebSphere Commerce stores Creating properties files for new languages Creating image files for new languages Loading language data into stores Grouping languages by country and separating languages by store	In this tutorial, you are adding support for additional languages to WebSphere Commerce. WebSphere Commerce is available in 13 languages by default, and you can add more languages to WebSphere Commerce stores and WebSphere Commerce tools.
Creating views for multiple catalogs in a store	After you complete this tutorial, you should be able to complete the following tasks: Create multiple catalogs Create references to views for catalogs Add links to a store header to view references	In this tutorial, you are adding support for additional languages to WebSphere Commerce. WebSphere Commerce is available in 13 languages by default, and you can add more languages to WebSphere Commerce stores and WebSphere Commerce tools.
Working with assets in extended sites	In this tutorial, you will learn how to: Create a new product in an extended sites store Change an asset store product from within an extended sites store Change a promotion in an extended sites store Change an asset store promotion from within an extended sites store Distinguish between an extended sites store and an asset store	In this tutorial you will work with products and promotions in an extended sites store and learn how to work with the asset store products and promotions from within an extended sites store, using the Management Center.
Creating requests for quotes	After completing this tutorial you should be able to perform the following tasks: Create a request for quote as a buyer Submit and view a request for quote as a buyer Create a response to a request for quote as a seller Submit and view a response to a request for quote as a seller Close a request for quote as a buyer Evaluate and select a request for quote winner as a buyer Complete a request for quote as buyer	In this tutorial you will use the Advanced B2B direct starter store and WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to go through the tasks involved with using the request for quotes trading mechanism and RFQ notification messaging.
Canadian tax configuration	In this tutorial you will learn how to perform the following steps: Add a JSP file to the consumer direct sample store Run the idresgen utility on the tax.xml file Run the massload utility on the resolved tax.xml file Complete a shopping flow for various jurisdictions following a tax matrix	This tutorial demonstrates how to load Canadian taxes into a WebSphere Commerce database and test the taxes in the store using a modified JSP page. This is a sample scenario you can follow the instructions and modify the rates to match the current tax rates and settings.
Catching shopper address alternatives in the calculation framework	In this tutorial you will learn how to complete the following tasks: Open the tax.xml file and add extra alternative jurisdiction mappings Run idresgen utility on the tax.xml file Run Massload on the resolved tax.xml file Test some data using the above tax matrix	The calculation framework uses a shopper's address to provide order calculations for tax and shipping costs. If a shopper does not provide the correct city or state or country as input text, you can use the default implementation to catch any address differences.
Migrating members super class references	In this tutorial you will learn how to perform the following tasks: Run massextract on the extract.xml filter Run transform using out-of-the-box transform XSL Style Sheet Run transform using membertransform.xsl XSL Style Sheet Run idresgen utility on the transformed XML file Run Massload on the resolved XML file	The member subsystem is a component of the WebSphere Commerce Server which includes data for participants of the WebSphere Commerce system. A member can be a user, a group of users (also known as a member group), or an organizational entity, which can be an organization or an organizational unit within an organization.