JR55972: Merchandising association can potentially list products not linked to currently browsed sales catalog

7.0.0.0-WS-WC70Fep7Developer-IFJR55972
7.0.0.0-WS-WC70Fep7Server-IFJR55972

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When working on Management center, to set merchandising
  associations on a Sales catalog, you can accidentally associate
  products from the master catalog that is not actually linked to
  the sales catalog being worked on.
  
  This will cause the Product Display page on the storefront to
  list a merchandising associations product that is not available
  on the current Sales Catalog.
  

Local fix

• Add this code snippet into the wc-search.xml under
  Search\xml\config\com.ibm.commerce.catalog-ext\, and restart the
   search server.
  
  <_config:profile
  name="IBM_findCatalogEntryAssociatedMerchandising"
  indexName="CatalogEntry">
  	<_config:query>
  		<_config:provider
  classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.sear
  ch.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByCatalogExpressionProvider"/>
  	</_config:query>
  </_config:profile>
  

Problem summary

• USERS AFFECTED:
  WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 7 or later.
  
  PROBLEM ABSTRACT:
  Merchandising association can potentially list products not
  linked to currently browsed sales catalog
  
  BUSINESS IMPACT:
  Shopper can see products that they cannot buy.
  
  RECOMMENDATION:
  

Problem conclusion

• Added logic to filter by catalog id when listing merchandising
  associations in the storefront.
  

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

• R700 PSY

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