Example: Inserting and replacing expected inventory detail

You can insert or replace your expected inventory detail by using the Data Load utility. These examples use a CSV file to demonstrate how to insert or replace your expected inventory detail data.

This example uses a CSV file to demonstrate how to insert, replace, or delete your data. You can also create and use an XML formatted file to insert, replace, or delete your data. If you choose to create and use an XML formatted file, ensure that your XML elements use the same names as are used for CSV column names.

Use Data Load utility to load data into the RADETAIL table.

Prerequisites

Before you run this example, ensure that the following prerequisites are fulfilled:

  • Make sure that the inventory system is ATP, check the STORE table to make sure INVENTORYSYSTEM=-1
  • Catalog data, catalog group data, and catalog entry data that is used in this sample must be loaded into the database.
  • ATP inventory configuration data is loaded into the database.
  • The expected inventory record (RA) data is loaded into the database.
  • The data of VendorName in the source CSV file exists in the table VENDOR of the database.

CSV file with sample data

In this example the data source is a CSV file named radetail.csv. The file contains sample data.

CSV file with sample data

VendorName RACreateTime PartNumber ExpectedDate Quantity RADetailComment CatEntryStoreIdentifier
MyCompany 2005-07-12 01:01:01.123456 FULO-0101 2005-12-08 00:00:00.0 10000 radetail comment 10701
AdvancedB2BDirect Vendor 2008-05-15 04:04:04.0 FULO-0201 2008-12-24 00:00:00.0 500 radetail comment
AdvancedB2BDirect Vendor 2009-05-21 00:00:00.0 FULO-0301 2009-12-31 00:00:00.0

CSV column and XML element definitions

VendorName
(Required, string) The vendor that supplied the inventory. This field is used to resolve the RA_ID. This field is required and cannot be null.
RACreateTime
(Required, timestamp) The creation date and time of the corresponding expected inventory record (RA). The format of the input is "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.SSSSSS". the length of the fractional seconds must be no more than 6. The format can be customized by setting timestampPattern property in wc-dataload.xml. This field is used to resolve the RA_ID. This field is required and cannot be null.
PartNumber
(Required, string) The part number of this item. It uniquely identifies an item for a particular owner. Together with the owner identifier, it is used to retrieve the primary key of ITEMSPC table. For example, ITEMSPC_ID. This field is required and cannot be null if the CatalogEntryUniqueId field is not specified in CSV file.
ExpectedDate
(Required, Timestamp) The date this inventory is expected to be received. The format is same as specified in RACreateTime field.
Quantity
(Integer) Quantity that is ordered from vendor in this expected inventory record.
RADetailComment
(String) The comments. The length of the comment must be no more than 254.
CatEntryStoreIdentifier
(String) This field is used in an extended sites store. If the CatalogEntry is defined in a catalog entry asset store, this field stands for the identifier of the catalog entry asset store. This identifier is used to retrieve the catalog entryOwner.
WebSphere Commerce EnterpriseThis field is required if you are using an extended sites store.

Other optional fields not included in the example:

StoreIdentifier
(String) The identifier of the store that this item belongs to, such as ConsumerDirect. This column can be added into CSV if the item belongs to a store that is different from the store that is defined in BusinessContext elements of wc-dataload-env.xml. If this column is not provided in the CSV file, the StoreIdentifier in the business context is used.
FulfillmentCenterId
(Integer) The identifier of the fulfillment center that this item belongs to. This column can be added into CSV if the item belongs to a fulfillment center that is different from the one defined in BusinessContext property of wc-dataload-env.xml. If this column is not provided in the CSV file, the fulfillmentCenterIdentifier is retrieved by FulfillmentCenterName. If it is not found, the fulfillmentCenterIdentifier in the business context is used. If it is not specified in either CSV file or business context, the default fufillmentCenter of the specified store is used.
FulfillmentCenterName
(String) The name of the fulfillment center that this item belongs to, for example "ConsumerDirect Home". This column is used to retrieve fulfillmentCenterIdentifier.
OwnerId
(Long) The identifier of the owner of this item. If it is not specified in the CSV file, the owner of the catalog entry asset store is retrieved. If it is not found, the owner of current store is retrieved. If it is not found either, the ownerId specified in BusinessContext property of wc-dataload-env.xml is used.
CatEntryStoreIdentifier
(String) This field is used in an extended sites store. If the CatalogEntry is defined in a catalog entry asset store, this field stands for the identifier of the catalog entry asset store. This identifier is used to retrieve the catalog entryOwner.
CatalogEntryUniqueId
(Long) The identifier of the catalog entry. It is used to retrieve the primary key of ITEMSPC table. For example, ITEMSPC_ID. If this field is not specified in CSV file, ITEMSPC_ID is retrieved by part number and owner of the item.
Delete
(String) Indicates whether to delete this record. This field takes effect when dataLoadMode is "replace". If the value of this field equals to deleteValue, the corresponding record is deleted. The default deleteValue is 1 and the deleteValue can be configured under <DataMapping> element in BusinessObjectConfigFile.

Business context data

The following code snippet from the wc-dataload-env.xml configuration file provides the business context data necessary for loading the data:


<_config:BusinessContext storeIdentifier="ConsumerDirect">
        <_config:ContextData name="fulfillmentCenterName">ConsumerDirect Home</_config:ContextData>
        <_config:ContextData name="ownerId">7000000000000000102</_config:ContextData>
</_config:BusinessContext>
storeIdentifier
(String) The identifier of the store that this item belongs to, such as ConsumerDirect. It is used if CSV file does not provide this information. The StoreIdentifier is used to retrieve the storeID and the ownerID.
fulfillmentCenterId
(String) The identifier of the fulfillment center this item belongs to, for example "ConsumerDirect Home". It is used if the identifier cannot be retrieved by FulfillmentCenterId or FulfillmentCenterName specified in CSV file.
FulfillmentCenterName
(String) The name of the fulfillment center this item belongs to, for example "ConsumerDirect Home". It is used to retrieve the fulfillmentCenterID, if fulfillmentCenterID is not retrieved from CSV file or defined in business context.
OwnerId
(Long) The identifier of the owner of this item. It is used if the item owner is not provided in CSV file and cannot be retrieved by specified store identifier.

Mapping data

The following snippet from the sample configuration file demonstrates how to map each column of data in the source CSV file to a value.


<_config:DataReader className="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.dataload.datareader.CSVReader" firstLineIsHeader="true">
  <_config:Data>
    <_config:column number="1" name="VendorName" />
    <_config:column number="2" name="RACreateTime" />
    <_config:column number="3" name="PartNumber" />
    <_config:column number="4" name="ExpectedDate" />
    <_config:column number="5" name="Quantity" />
    <_config:column number="6" name="RADetailComment" />
    <_config:column number="7" name="CatEntryStoreIdentifier" />
  </_config:Data>
</_config:DataReader >

The following snippet from the sample configuration file demonstrates how to map each column of the data in the CSV file to a business object logical schema path. The attribute 'value' represents the name of a column of the CSV file, which is defined in the configuration snippet. Each column in the CSV file must have a mapping to the logical schema path. If the optional fields specified are present in the CSV file, the mapping for them must be added. The mapping logical schema path is specified in the following table.

<_config:DataMapping>
	<_config:mapping xpath="ExpectedInventoryRecordIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/VendorName" value="VendorName" valueFrom="InputData" />        
  	<_config:mapping xpath="ExpectedInventoryRecordIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/CreateDate" value="RACreateTime" valueFrom="InputData" />
  	<_config:mapping xpath="ExpectedInventoryDetail[0]/ExpectedInventoryDetailIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/CatalogEntryIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/PartNumber" value="PartNumber" valueFrom="InputData" />
  	<_config:mapping xpath="ExpectedInventoryDetail[0]/ExpectedInventoryDetailIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/ExpectedDate" value="ExpectedDate" valueFrom="InputData" />
  	<_config:mapping xpath="ExpectedInventoryDetail[0]/QuantityOrdered/value" value="Quantity" valueFrom="InputData" />
  	<_config:mapping xpath="ExpectedInventoryDetail[0]/QuantityRemaining/value" value="Quantity" valueFrom="InputData" />
  	<_config:mapping xpath="ExpectedInventoryDetail[0]/Comment" value="RADetailComment" valueFrom="InputData" />
	<_config:mapping xpath="InventoryReceiptIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/CatalogEntryIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/StoreIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/NameIdentifier" value="CatEntryStoreIdentifier" />
</_config:DataMapping>

Business object mediator

The mediator class name is com.ibm.commerce.inventory.dataload.mediator.ExpectedInventoryDetailMediator. The corresponding logical schema is ExpectedInventoryRecord.xsd.

Note: When you use a mediator that is provided with WebSphere Commerce with the Data Load utility, the utility assumes that you are loading data for all columns for a business object. If you want to update the data in only specific columns, configure a column exclusion list for the load process. A column exclusion list causes the Data Load utility to ignore specific columns during the load operation. If you do not use a column exclusion list, the utility updates all columns in the row of a database table row when the utility updates the row. If no value is set in the input file, the utility can replace the existing column value with a default value or set the value to be null. For more information, see Configuring a column exclusion list.