Inventory cache update service

The inventory cache update service is an inbound web service responsible for updating the inventory cache and INVENTORY database table for Non-ATP inventory models in WebSphere Commerce. This service updates the inventory cache and database table when a store is configured to use an external system for inventory management.

This inbound web service is typically called by the external system to perform fine-grain adjustments to inventory levels cached in WebSphere Commerce. The external inventory management system can use the massload utility or Data Load utility for coarse-grain adjustments such as regularly scheduled refreshes of the entire inventory cache.

The massload utility is deprecated for WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 6. The Data Load utility is the recommended command-line loading utility. If you are currently using the mass load utility, you are recommended to switch to the Data Load utility to load your CSV and XML input files into your target database. If your system contains scheduled and automated processes that use massload, it is recommended that you update these processes to use the Data Load utility. Other WebSphere Commerce utilities that use the massload utility, such as the acpload utility, continue to use the massload utility in WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 6. If you have business reasons to continue using the massload utility, you can continue to use this utility. For more information about the Data Load utility, see Overview of the Data Load utility. You can switch to the Data Load utility by using the TableObjectMediator to load your data when no business object mediator exists for the data that you are loading. For more about the TableObjectMediator formation, see Data Load utility table-based mediator and builder.