Opening HCL Commerce Accelerator
Use HCL Commerce Accelerator to maintain online stores by completing various store operations such as creating and maintaining orders and tracking store activities.
If you are using Internet Explorer, HCL Commerce Accelerator, Administration Console and Organization Administration Console are compatible with Internet Explorer 10 and 11, only when Internet Explorer is run in Compatibility Mode.
- HCL Commerce Organization Administration Console
- HCL Commerce Administration Console
- HCL Commerce Accelerator
- A Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser configured for compatibility mode.
- You can use the IE compatibility settings inside the Microsoft Edge web browser.
- Open the Edge browser. From three vertical dots, go to .
- From the Internet Explorer Compatibility section, go to Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) option.
- Select Allow from the drop-down menu.
- Click Add in the Internet Explorer mode pages.
- Add a page window is displayed on the screen. Enter a URL of the HCL Commerce Accelerator tool and click Add.
- Restart the browser after updating the settings.
Before you begin
- Set the screen area to a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixels.
- Set the color depth to a minimum of 256 colors.
Also, disable or remove any pop-up blocking software. Pop-up blocking software prevents the display of HCL Commerce Accelerator.
To open HCL Commerce Accelerator:
About this task
- Do not reload a page or return back to a previous page when you are using HCL Commerce Accelerator. That is, do not use the refresh shortcut (F5) or right-click and select the Refresh or Back options for the browser while you are using HCL Commerce Accelerator. If you reload a window after you enter some data, the data will be lost.
- Once you complete your HCL Commerce Accelerator tasks, log out of HCL Commerce Accelerator so that the session expires, rather than simply closing the browser. To log out, click Logout from the history (upper left corner of HCL Commerce Accelerator). When you log out, your SSL cookie is dropped and you no longer have secure access to HCL Commerce Accelerator. This step is important if HCL Commerce Accelerator is used by multiple users on a single workstation with different authorities since logging out prevents unauthorized access.
Procedure
- Start HCL Commerce Accelerator:
- Access the following web address in your browser: https:// host_name:8001/accelerator Where host_name is the fully qualified HCL Commerce web server host name. The host name might be a virtual host name on the Web server
- Ensure you have started HCL Commerce within the HCL Commerce development environment.
Access the following Web address in your browser: https:// host_name/webapp/wcs/tools/servlet/ToolsLogon?XMLFile=common.mcLogon Where host_name is the fully qualified HCL Commerce development environment Web server host name. The host name might be a virtual host name on the Web server.
- From one of the HCL Commerce starter
stores, select one of the following links:
- From an Extended Site hub, select Manage Store.
- If you are using the Management Center:
- Open the Management Center.
- Select Management Center > HCL Commerce Accelerator. HCL Commerce Accelerator opens in a separate browser window. Since you
already logged on to the Management Center:
- If you already have HCL Commerce Accelerator open, that browser window is in focus.
- If you did not have HCL Commerce Accelerator open, you are taken directly to the Select Store and Language page within HCL Commerce Accelerator. Proceed to step 2b.
- Log on to HCL Commerce Accelerator: