Introduced in Feature Pack 2

Reserve inventory

The Reserve Inventory communication maps the WebSphere Commerce ProcessInventoryRequirement request to the SSFS reserveAvailableInventory API call. As both WebSphere Commerce and SSFS are customizable, assumptions are made with the mapping from one system to the other.

Important: Review the following information for your version of WebSphere Commerce:
The assumptions made for this call are:
Request
SSFS API path Source context Source
Promise/@OrganizationCode N/A Set in the "OrganizationCodeSetter" node in the mediation flow
Promise/ReservationParameters/@ReservationID inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement "WC_" prepended to _ord:OrderIdentifier/_wcf:UniqueID
Promise/PromiseLine@LineID inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem "WC_" prepended to _ord:OrderItemIdentifier/_wcf:UniqueID
Promise/PromiseLine@ItemID inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:CatalogEntryIdentifier/_wcf:ExternalIdentifier/_wcf:PartNumber
Promise/PromiseLine@RequiredQty inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:Quantity
Promise/PromiseLine@FillQuantity inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:Quantity
Promise/PromiseLine@UnitOfMeasure inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:Quantity/@uom If above is "C62" than "EACH", otherwise, use the value of above
Promise/PromiseLine@CarrierServiceCode inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingMode/_ord:ShippingModeIdentifier/_ord:ExternalIdentifier/_ord:ShipModeCode If above is empty than "Priority", otherwise, use the value of above
Promise/PromiseLine@ShipNode inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:FulfillmentCenter/_ord:FulfillmentCenterIdentifier/_wcf:Name
Promise/PromiseLine/ShipToAddress@AddressLine1 inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingAddress/_wcf:AddressLine[1]
Promise/PromiseLine/ShipToAddress@AddressLine2 inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingAddress/_wcf:AddressLine[2]
Promise/PromiseLine/ShipToAddress@AddressLine3 inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingAddress/_wcf:AddressLine[3]
Promise/PromiseLine/ShipToAddress@City inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingAddress/_wcf:City
Promise/PromiseLine/ShipToAddress@State inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingAddress/_wcf:StateOrProvinceName
Promise/PromiseLine/ShipToAddress@Country inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingAddress/_wcf:Country
Promise/PromiseLine/ShipToAddress@ZipCode inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem _ord:OrderItemShippingInfo/_ord:ShippingAddress/_wcf:PostalCode
Response
WebSphere Commerce path Source context Source
_inv:AcknowledgeInventoryRequirement/_inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderIdentifier/_wcf:UniqueID N/A PromiseLines/PromiseLine/Reservations/Reservation/@ReservationID With the "WC_" removed from the start if it exists
_inv:AcknowledgeInventoryRequirement/_inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem/_ord:OrderItemIdentifier/_wcf:UniqueID PromiseLines/PromiseLine @ItemID
_inv:AcknowledgeInventoryRequirement/_inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem/_ord:OrderItemStatus/_ord:InventoryStatus PromiseLines/PromiseLine Reservations/Reservation/@ReservationID "Allocated" if availability date before today, "Backordered" if availability date after today, otherwise "Unallocated"
_inv:AcknowledgeInventoryRequirement/_inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem/_ord:OrderItemFulfillmentInfo/_ord:AvailableDate (Optional) PromiseLines/PromiseLine Reservations/Reservation/@ProductAvailabilityDate Only set if the ProductAvailabilityDate attribute is set in the message
_inv:AcknowledgeInventoryRequirement/_inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem/_ord:OrderItemFulfillmentInfo/_ord:ExpectedShipDate (Optional) PromiseLines/PromiseLine Reservations/Reservation/@ShipDate Only set if the ShipDate attribute is set in the message.
_inv:AcknowledgeInventoryRequirement/_inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem/_ord:FulfillmentCenter/_ord:FulfillmentCenterIdentifier/_wcf:UniqueID (Optional) PromiseLines/PromiseLine @ShipNode Only if present
_inv:AcknowledgeInventoryRequirement/_inv:DataArea/_inv:InventoryRequirement/_ord:OrderItem/_ord:FulfillmentCenter/_ord:FulfillmentCenterIdentifier/_wcf:Name (Optional) PromiseLines/PromiseLine @ShipNode Only if present
Feature Pack 4Feature Pack 3

Prebuilt kits

Feature Pack 4Feature Pack 3The interim fix for the following WebSphere Commerce APAR is required for Sterling Order Management and Sterling Configure, Price, Quote to work together. For example, for dynamic kit integration:
Note: If your are integrating WebSphere Commerce with both Sterling Order Management and Sterling Configure, Price, Quote, you must deploy Sterling Order Management on a different WebSphere Application Server instance than Sterling Configure, Price, Quote. The WebSphere Commerce integration with both Sterling Order Management and Sterling Configure, Price, Quote does not work if they are deployed on the same WebSphere Application Server instance.

When you work with prebuilt and static kits, the SKUs and their configurations are populated in both the WebSphere Commerce catalog and the Sterling Commerce catalog. WebSphere Commerce checks inventory availability and updates or cancels their inventory reservations by passing the kit SKUs to Sterling Commerce, since Sterling Commerce is already aware of their configurations.

Prebuilt and dynamic kits are enabled for the following integration flows:
  • WebSphere Commerce fetching and caching the inventory availability of prebuilt and static kits from Sterling Commerce at the kit level.
  • WebSphere Commerce reserving inventory from Sterling Commerce for prebuilt and static kits at the kit level.
  • Passing dynamic kit configurations (BOM XMLs) from WebSphere Commerce to Sterling Commerce during order transfer.
Feature Pack 4Feature Pack 3

Kit mappings

The following mappings exist between WebSphere Commerce kits and Sterling DOM kits:
Kit mappings
WebSphere Commerce Sterling DOM
Dynamic kit Bundle (with configuration model)
Static kit Bundle (without configuration model)
Prebuilt kit Physical Kit
Feature Pack 4Feature Pack 3

Order status updates for kits

To support the order status update for kits, you must customize the Sterling getShipmentDetails API, to identify whether a shipment line is coming from a kit component:
  1. Download the following archive:
  2. Extract the archive into the following location:
    • WAS_eardir/Sterling_eardir/resources.jar
  3. Use the Applications Manager to open the EXTN_WC_sendShipmentDetails_JMS service and specify the template file name:
    • getShipmentDetails.xml
  4. Save your changes and close the file.