Importing contracts

Importing a contract or service agreement uploads a service agreement in XML format from your local client to the Commerce+ Server and deploys the service agreement in Commerce+.

Procedure

  1. Open Commerce Lab Tools and from the left navigation menu, click Business Tools > Customer Management > Customer Accounts.
  2. From the Actions menu, click on three vertical dots. A list of actions that can be performed on the selected contract displays. Click Import to import the contract from your local client machine.
    Note: If you want to import a contract by modifying the existing contract, you will have to export the existing contract (under the same name) and modify the below parameters for a successful import:
    • Remove the reference number tag and its corresponding value from the exported XML file.
    • Replace the ContractUniqueKey name value with a new string (eg., "Test").
    Example, If you are importing a new test contract under Contracts for AuroraB2BESite BaseContracts, the XML structure should be as below:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/WebSphereCommerce"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ibm.com/WebSphereCommerce Package.xsd">
<BuyerContract     state = "Active" contractUsage = "OrganizationBuyer"
    
                creditAllowed = "false" >
    <Participant role = "Creator">
        <ParticipantMember>
            <UserRef distinguishName = "uid=wcsadmin,o=root organization"/>
        </ParticipantMember>
    </Participant>
    <ContractUniqueKey name = "Test" majorVersionNumber = "1"  minorVersionNumber = "0"  origin = "Deployment">
        <ContractOwner>
            <OrganizationRef distinguishName = "ou=extended sites seller organizationaurorab2besite,o=extended sites seller organization,o=root organization"/>
        </ContractOwner>
    </ContractUniqueKey>
    <ContractDescription locale = "en_US"/>
    <AccountReference>
        <AccountRef name = "AuroraB2BESite BaseContracts">
            <AccountOwner>
                <OrganizationRef distinguishName = "ou=extended sites seller organizationaurorab2besite,o=extended sites seller organization,o=root organization"/>
            </AccountOwner>
        </AccountRef>
    </AccountReference>
    <ContractReference>
        <ContractRef name = "AuroraB2BStorefrontAssetStore Base for Default Contract" majorVersionNumber = "1"  minorVersionNumber = "0"  origin = "Deployment">
            <ContractOwner>
                <OrganizationRef distinguishName = "ou=aurorab2bstorefrontassetstore,o=extended sites organization,o=root organization"/>
            </ContractOwner>
        </ContractRef>
    </ContractReference>
    <TermCondition type = "PriceRuleTC" mandatory = "false" changeable = "false" >
        <Property name = "priceRuleId"  value = "11501" />
    </TermCondition>
</BuyerContract>

</Package>
  3. Click Import to import the contract from your local client machine.

Results

When the XML file uploads successfully, a business relationship is created that respects the terms and conditions that are defined in the contract. In addition, a confirmation message is displayed once the setup process is complete and the list of contracts are refreshed showing the newly created contract.

If the status of the service agreement is Deployment Failed when the list of service agreements is refreshed, you can attempt to redeploy the contract.