JR37238: CMVC 200461 - PROVIDE A MECHANISM TO FILTER NON-PUBLISHED ITEMS

WebSphere Commerce Version 6.0.0.11 Fix Pack
WebSphere Commerce Interim Fix1181: Improve Sales Center performance

APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• IBM WebSphere Commerce Catalog can contain both published and
  non-published items, and some products might contain a large
  number of non-published items. Users can improve performance by
  turning on publish filtering when the catalog contains many
  non-published items.
  
  WebSphere Commerce Sales Center currently fetches all items for
  requested products at the client side and does not filter
  non-published items OOB. There might be a case where there are
  many non-published items belonging to products which do not
  require getting at the client side but are getting loaded OOB
  and affecting performance.
  
  The interim fix for this APAR helps to enable filtering for
  non-published items to fetch only the required data at the
  client side, and therefore improve response time.
  
  WebSphere Commerce users can verify if a parent product contains
  a large number of non-published items if it is observed that for
  those products or items which belongs to orders, quotes or
  associations is taking long time to complete,  If a long time is
  observed, then the interim fix for this APAR will help in
  improving performance by filtering the non-required items.
  
  This feature is applicable for products and items. It expects
  kit and bundles to have all published catentry.
  

Local fix

• To workaround this issue, users should avoid a large number of
  non-published items as part of product.
  

Problem summary

• USERS AFFECTED:
  All Sales Center users for WebSphere Commerce on V6.0
  
  PROBLEM ABSTRACT:
  Improving Sales Center performance by enabling the filtering
  mechanism for non-published items when WebSphere Commerce
  Catalog contains many non-published items.
  
  BUSINESS IMPACT:
  Performance
  
  
  RECOMMENDATION:
  

Problem conclusion

• The interim fix for this APAR implements code changes which
  allow WebSphere Commerce Sales Center users to enable publish
  filtering through customization. In addition, the base code has
  been updated to support the same functionality. After enabling
  filtering, only published products and items will be returned
  from the Server.  This filtering mechanism is applicable to
  order, quote, return, association and product search.  This
  feature is applicable for product and items. For kit and bundle,
  it expects to have all published catentry.
  
  This also requires users to enable customization at the client
  side for APAR LI75500 which is included as part of this APAR.
  
  In summary, after applying this fix, users must provide
  customization at the client and server side to enable the filter
  option.
  
  At the client side, provide the following entry in the
  "config.ini" file:
  GetSalescontainerItemsSpecificDetailsOnly=true
  
  At the server side, provide the following method in the new
  extended class of ShowElectronicCatalog.
  protected boolean getNonPublishedCatalogEntryFiltered().
  
  Please check the readme file for more details on customization.
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  The latest available maintenance information can be obtained
  from the Recommended Fixes for WebSphere Commerce technote:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3046&uid=swg21261296
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WC BUS EDITION

• Fixed component ID

  5724I3800

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

     UP

• R700 PSY

     UP