Opening the Management Center

Access the Management Center to work with the business functions for your site.

Note: Do not reload a page or return to a previous page while using the Management Center. That is, do not use the refresh keyboard shortcut (F5) or right-click and select the Refresh or Back options for the browser while using the Management Center. If you reload a window after you enter some data, data will be lost.

Procedure

From the version 9.1.16.0 onwards, along with the previous web address you can also access the HCL Commerce Management Center using the following web address in your browser: https://host_name:7443/tooling/login.

where: host_name is the fully qualified host name of HCL Commerce (for example, wcserver.mydomain.ibm.com is fully qualified).
You can access the Management Center for HCL Commerce using the following web address in your browser: https://host_name:8000/lobtools

where: host_name is the fully qualified host name of HCL Commerce (for example, wcserver.mydomain.ibm.com is fully qualified).
Log on to the Management Center:
Authentication mechanism Steps
HCL Commerce sign-on

In the User Name field, type your HCL Commerce user name.

In the Password field, type your HCL Commerce logon password for this user name.
Note: If IBM SSO has been enabled, your first login will be different. You will use your IBMid and password to login, and will be directed to associate your HCL Commerce account with your IBMid. Once you have done this, you will be able to log in using your HCL Commerce credentials.
Click Log on.
The available Management Center tools depend on the access you have. With the proper access control, from the Management Center menu select the name of the tool you want to work with.

Specify the store that you want to manage:

Option	Description
You have specified a default store within your Management Center user preferences	Your default store is preselected. You can use the selected tool to manage your tasks. Note that the tools are store-specific. If you open another tool, your default store will also be preselected for this tool. You can optionally select a different store from the Store list.
You do not have a default store setup	From the Store list, select the store that you want to manage. Note that the tools are store-specific. If you open another tool, also select a store name from the Store list.

Note: The availability stores are dependent on access control.

After accessing the Management Center, you are directed to the login page.
The login page has an image carousel and a sign-in option to get started. The image carousel on the left side shows the information for revenue, visitors, products, and other activities.

Note: This is not a real-time data but just placeholder information.
You can Change your password from the login page.
After entering the user name and password, the following scenarios occur:
1. If the user's credentials are accepted in the authoring environment, the authentication component checks if the user exists in the live environment. If a matching user is in the live environment, the user is logged into both the authoring and live environment.
2. The user can have different roles and privileges in authoring and live. If there is no matching user in live, then the user will only be logged into the authoring environment and unable to access tools or data in the live environment.
3. If the user's credentials are not accepted in the authoring environment, the authentication component will try them in the live environment. If the credentials are accepted in the live environment, the user will be logged into it and unable to access tools or data in the authoring environment.
  
  Note: If the user is logging in for the first time, they are asked to change their password. See Change your password for more information.
Once logged in, a user can make changes (explicitly or implicitly) to their preferences. These preferences are stored in the environment where the user's credentials are accepted. If the user changes their password, only the password in the first environment will be changed. See Changing your password to change the password.
Once the user logs in, a user can perform the following functions:
1. A user can expand the navigation Area on the left side of the window by hovering over or clicking in the navigation area. The user can hide the navigation area by moving the mouse out of the expanded navigation area or by clicking outside the navigation area.
2. The user can navigate to tools using the navigation menu on the left. The menu will only include tools to which the user has access. If the user does not have access to any tools, the tooling application will display a page indicating that the user does not have access to any tools.
3. Users can click on the hamburger menu and search for specific tools by entering the search criteria in the Search field. The resulting tools and tasks will appear in the navigation area below the search input field. If there are no matches, the user will see No Results Found.
  
  Note: Search results are limited to tools and tasks the current user has access to. After a tool or action from the search results is selected, the navigation area is closed and reset to the context of the currently selected tool.
Important: After the authentication component has verified the user's credentials and logged in to the authoring or live environment (or both), the user will be redirected back to the original URL used to launch the HCL Commerce Tools. If the authenticated user does not have access to the URL, the application will redirect to a page indicating that the user cannot access the specified tool.
Users can access the Management Center based on the roles assigned. See Management Center Dashboard for more information.

What to do next

Once you have completed your Management Center tasks, you should save your work and log out of the Management Center rather than closing the browser. If you forget to save your work, you will be prompted to do so. To close the Management Center, select the Log Out link within the Management Center banner. If you have made changes while logged on, ensure that you save your changes before logging out.