IBM WebSphere Commerce Product Feed

Setup & Configuration

Last Updated: October 10, 2016

Overview The TVPage platform easily ingests data from IBM WebSphere Commerce, enabling TVPage to easily access your product catalog so you can connect video and your products together. The TVPage and IBM WebSphere Commerce integration makes it easy to discover new video content and publish video commerce experiences. The following is a step-by-step guide to setting up this integration and will answer any commonly asked questions.

Collect your IBM WebSphere Commerce information TVPage connects directly to your IBM WebSphere Commerce storefront through the API provided by WebSphere Commerce. To do this, we require the “store id” of the storefront you wish to retrieve products from. For multiple stores, you may consider a multi-store strategy which is supported by the TVPage platform. First, log into your WebSphere Commerce instance and open the Management Center dashboard.

Once you are logged in, click on the menu in the upper left corner of the interface and select “Store Management”.

This will open the Store Management interface.

Click on the “Stores” tab on the left hand menu. Then select (double click) the store that you wish to connect to TVPage.

This opens the details for the selected store. From the details screen, copy the “Unique ID” field. You will need this to connect WebSphere Commerce to TVPage.

This completes the part of the setup process that requires access to WebSphere Commerce.

Setting Up Automatic Syncing in TVPage Login to the TVPage dashboard (https://app.tvpage.com) to complete the following steps and synchronize your products with TVPage.

Once you are logged in, select “Schedule Manager” from the Account drop-down.

In the Schedule Manager, click “ADD SCHEDULE”.

This will allow you to create a new scheduled job to sync your product catalog. The job will run based on the schedule you set.

Using the “Feed Type” selector, choose “IBM WebSphere”.

Fill out the following details:

1. Enter in the “Unique ID” we retrieved from the WebSphere Commerce management console.

2. Enter in the URL of your main storefront. 3. Select a Data Source, use Default if there are no others configured.

Click “Save” and the schedule manager will create the automated job to sync your product feed.

By default this job runs every 24 hours. You can adjust this for more frequency, as needed. You can run this job manually, at any time, just visit this interface and select “Run Now”.

Frequently Asked Questions How often will my feed be synced with TVPage? By default it is synced every 24 hours. It can be setup for higher or lower frequency, generally we have found this to be a good period. How long will it take to sync my product data? This depends on the size of your product catalog. It can be done in as quickly as 30 seconds, but in cases that have larger product feeds, this can take several minutes. Generally we have not seen this take longer than 1 hour on very large feeds (millions of SKUs). What data fields will be synced from WebSphere Commerce? The following fields are synced: SKU, Product Title, Short Description, Product URL, Image URL, Actual Price, Sale Price. What versions of WebSphere is this compatible with? This has been tested on version 8.0.0, so it should be fully functionality with all 8.X releases. Previous versions may also work, but need to be verified. What should I do if I encounter any errors? If you encounter any issues, please email support@tvpage.com and we will work with you to quickly resolve them.