Initial configurations by system administrators for Sterling Business Center

A system administrator must perform certain tasks to enable you to utilize the functionality provided by Sterling™ Business Center. The following table lists the tasks and the guides that can be referred to perform these tasks:

Define... To... Refer To...
Activity Codes Use these activity codes when adding a service activity to a value-added activity. Catalog management configuration
Units Of Measure (UOM) Use these when creating an item. Organization and participant modeling concepts
countries and regions of Origin Use these when defining an item's country or region of origin. Organization and participant modeling concepts
Cost Factor Groups Use these when defining the bundle components of either a physical kit item or a dynamic physical item. Organization and participant modeling concepts
Nodes Use these when managing the node attributes of an item. Organization and participant modeling concepts
Primary Suppliers Use these when managing the inventory attributes of an item. Organization and participant modeling concepts
Tag Identifiers Use these when managing the inventory attributes of an item. Organization and participant modeling concepts
Tag Attributes Use these when managing the inventory attributes of an item. Organization and participant modeling concepts
ATP Rules Use these when managing the inventory attributes of an item. Configuring Sterling Global Inventory Visibility
Node Level ATP Monitor Rules Use these when managing the inventory attributes of an item. Configuring Sterling Global Inventory Visibility
ATP Monitor Rules Use these when managing the inventory attributes of an item. Configuring Sterling Global Inventory Visibility
Organizations Use these to define the catalog and subcatalog organizations. Organization and participant modeling concepts
Customers Use these when managing customers for a customer entitlement. Configuring Sterling Distributed Order Management

The following table lists the tasks and how to perform the configurations:

Define... To... Perform...
sterling-webchannel-visualmodeler-url context parameter in web.xml Launch the Visual Modeler from within Sterling Business Center.

The URL context parameter value must follow the following format:

http(s)://<server>:<port>/ <context>

For example, <https://10.23.23.25:1010/Sterling>
sbc-businessintelligence-url context parameter in web.xml Launch the Business Intelligence from within Sterling Business Center.

The URL context parameter value must follow the following format:

http(s)://<server>:<port>/ sbi

For example, <https://10.23.23.25:1010/sbi

For more information about catalogs, items, and the peripheral components of items, refer to the Catalog management concepts.

Note: A 404 Exception may be displayed when launching the Visual Modeler application from the Sterling Business Center application if the Skin ID that is defined for a storefront in the Visual Modeler application does not match the organization code.