Sample: Loading merchandising associations

This sample demonstrates how to load merchandising associations for SKUs that have already been loaded to your database.

About this sample

This sample loads the following associations:
  • A cross-sell from the SKU 'Cords-Black-29W x 28L' to the SKU 'Casual shirt-White-Small'.
  • An up-sell from the SKU 'Cords-Black-29W x 28L' to the SKU 'Classic pleated dress pants-Black-29W x 32L'.

Procedure

Before running this sample, ensure that you have loaded the initial data.

  1. Open the command-line interface and navigate to the appropriate directory:
    • WC_installdir/bin
    • WebSphere Commerce DeveloperWCDE_installdir\bin
  2. Enter the following command:
    • SolarisLinuxAIX./dataload.sh ../samples/DataLoad/Catalog/IntegrateScenario/wc-dataload-merchandising-association.xml
    • WebSphere Commerce DeveloperWindowsdataload ..\samples\DataLoad\Catalog\IntegrateScenario\wc-dataload-merchandising-association.xml

Verifying results

Verify that the merchandising associations are loaded by running the following SQL statement:
select * from MASSOCCECE where catentry_id_from = (select catentry_id from catentry where partnumber 
='Cords-Black-29W x 28L')
You can also verify the load by viewing the new associations in the Management Center.
Note: By default, you cannot verify the merchandising associations for these SKU catalog entries in your storefront. If you want to view merchandising associations for SKUs in your storefront, your store JSP files can be customized to display this information. By default, your storefront displays the merchandising associations for only catalog entries that are products.

Cleaning up the data

To remove the data that you loaded in this sample from the database, run the CleanUp.sql file in the /samples/DataLoad/Catalog/IntegrateScenario directory.
Note: After you run the CleanUp.sql file, you might see that 0 rows are deleted for certain SQL statements. This result is expected, as not all rows are populated with data in this sample.