In order to allow your site to use an external inventory system, you must
integrate the CheckInventoryAvailabilityBE message into your site and use it to
call an external system that manages inventory for products in the WebSphere
Commerce site. The following conditions must be set to allow the site to use
the external system inventory versus the WebSphere Commerce
inventory management:
- Configure the IBM CrossWorlds adapter. For information on adapter configuration, see the WebSphere Commerce Additional Software Guide.
- Enable the IBM CrossWorlds adapter.
- Ensure that the "check=*" and "remerge=*" ATP parameters are specified when Order Management subsystem commands, like OrderItemAdd/Update/Display, and OrderPrepare/Process/Copy/Display are called, in order to send the CheckInventoryAvailability message (using Request_WCS_BE_ProductInventory.dtd).
- Ensure that sub-sequent calls to the Order related commands include the "check=*n" and "remerge=*" ATP parameters in order not the send the message repeatedly.
- Send the inventory check message at least once in order to get availability information from the external system.
Note: For information on enabling your store to use an external inventory system, see the WebSphere Commerce Administration Guide.