WebSphere Commerce provides several sample store archives that you can use either as the basis for your own stores, or as a tool to familiarize yourself with the features and capabilities of WebSphere Commerce.
The sample store archives are divided by business model. WebSphere Commerce provides samples for the following business models:
- Direct sales
- Consumer direct
- B2B direct
- Hosting
- Value chain
- Demand chain
- Supply chain
For more information on each business model, see Business models supported by WebSphere Commerce.
WebSphere Commerce provides sample composite store archives for each business model. These composite store archives are composed of the following components:
- A sample organization structure
- Sample predefined user roles
- Sample necessary access control policies
- A sample store or site
- A sample asset store
Publishing the composite store archives (ConsumerDirect.sar, B2BDirect.sar, Hosting.sar, DemandChain.sar, SupplyChain.sar) creates the proper environment, as well as a working store or site. These store archives are available from the Default view in the Publish utility in the Administration Console.
WebSphere Commerce also provides component sample store archives for each part of the composite store archive. These component store archives are available by Business model view in the Publish utility in the Administration Console.
The following chart lists the sample store archives available with WebSphere Commerce:
Type | Store archive name | Description |
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not applicable | BasicStore.sar | A sample store archive containing all the
necessary assets to create a very basic working store. If you want to create a
very different store than the store created by ConsumerDirectStore.sar, use
this store archive as a base for development. Note: The BasicStore.sar is not available for publishing in the Administration Console by default. To add it to the Publishing utility in the Administration Console, see Adding a store archive to the Publishing utility in the Administration Console. |
Consumer direct | ConsumerDirect.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create consumer direct environment, plus a feature-rich working store. |
ConsumerDirectOrganization Structure.sar | A sample store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a consumer direct environment. | |
ConsumerDirectStore.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature rich working consumer direct store. | |
B2BDirect | B2BDirect.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a B2B direct environment, plus a feature-rich working store. |
B2BDirectOrganization Structure.sar | A sample store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a B2B direct environment. | |
B2BDirectSite.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature rich working B2B direct store. | |
Demand chain | DemandChain.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a demand chain environment, plus the necessary assets to create a demand chain solution, including a channel site, shared catalog, and reseller and distributor stores. |
DemandChainOrganization Structure.sar | A sample store archive containing the organization structure and predefined user roles to create a demand chain environment. | |
ChannelHub.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a hub site. | |
CatalogAssetStore.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
ResellerStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a reseller storefront. | |
DistributorAssetStore.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to support distributor proxy stores. | |
DistributorProxy.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create the connection to a distributor's site. | |
Hosting | Hosting.sar | A sample store composite archive, containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a hosting environment, plus the necessary assets to create a hosting solution, including a service provider site, store directory, shared catalog, and seller stores. |
HostingOrganizationStructure.sar | A sample store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a hosted environment. | |
StoreDirectory.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a navigable directory of all stores available in the site. | |
HostingHub.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create the hub site. | |
CatalogAssetStore.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
HostedStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A sample store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a storefront. | |
Supply Chain | SupplyChain.sar | A composite sample store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a supply chain environment, plus the necessary assets to create a supplier hub site, shared catalog and supplier stores. |
SupplyChainOrganizationStructure.sar | A store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a supply chain environment. | |
SupplierHub.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a supplier hub site. | |
CatalogAssetStore.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
SupplierAssetStore.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a supplier storefront. |
For more information on each of the sample store archives, and the stores that they create, see the WebSphere Commerce Sample Store Guide.