Sample configuration for integrating with Aurora starter store
The sample configuration for integrating with the Aurora starter store provides a preconfigured order management-to-storefront environment that you can test to understand the significant features of the WebSphere Commerce integration with Sterling Order Management.
The WebSphere Commerce Aurora starter store provides features and models necessary for an online consumer storefront. In the sample storefront, shoppers perform typical online shopping activities, such as purchase items in a shopping cart, change their orders, receive promotions, have orders shipped, or buy items online that customers then pick up in a store.
On the Sterling Order Management side, the associated Aurora-Corp provides preconfigured business rules and a participant and organization modeling structure. The preconfiguration includes inventory and pricing organizations, an inventory availability monitor (RTAM), charge categories, sourcing rules, shipping options, and sample warehouses. You can customize the sample configuration to create a scenario that meets your own business needs.
You can install the sample configuration only if no other sample data is already installed.
The following uses cases describe scenarios that you can test with the sample configuration and data.
| Use case | Description |
|---|---|
| Create order | Using the sample data, you can create many types of orders - draft orders, confirmed orders, sales orders, chained orders, and procurement orders. You can then take them through various flows in the pipeline, such as scheduling, releasing, and shipping. You can have an updated picture of inventory by running the Real-Time Availability Monitor (RTAM). You can also create orders with parent and child (bundled) items, such as laptops and their components. |
| Change order | Using the sample data, you can change orders, such as add and remove lines and quantities, cancel lines, and cancel orders. |
| Create order with promotions | Using sample data, you can see how an order behaves when an automatic promotion is applied; for example, when an order exceeds $100, a free promotion kicks in. |
| Create order in Aurora and ship from store | This scenario demonstrates how you can ship an order from a store when you create it from the WebSphere Commerce Aurora store. |
| Create order in Sterling Order Management and ship from store with inventory | This use case shows how you can ship an order from a store when you create the order in Sterling Order Management. |
| Create order in Sterling Order Management and ship from alternate store due to inventory availability | This use case demonstrates how you can create an order in Sterling Order Management and ship the order from an alternate store because the original store does not have enough inventory. For example, if an order requires three items and Store A has only two items in inventory, the third item can ship from Store B, which does have inventory. |
| Buy online, pick up in store | This scenario demonstrates how you can create an order on the Aurora storefront that is picked up by the customer in a store. |
| Order list from storefront UI showing combined origins | Using the sample data, you can see how a complete list of orders (getOrderList) is displayed to a shopper on the Aurora storefront. Test this scenario for orders that originate from the Aurora storefront, from the Sterling Order Management user interface, or both. |
| Order details from storefront UI for orders that are created in Sterling Order Management database | This scenario shows that a shopper can display an order's details on the Aurora storefront when the order is created in Sterling Order Management. |