DC Enhanced - Third Party System / Website Integration
Our DC Enhanced – Third Party System / Website Integration can remove the time and pain from manually entering and maintaining accurate data in multiple disparate systems.
Our of our customers, Kitchen Collection needed an improved process for updating the catalogue on their website. The catalogue update process involved manipulating many spreadsheets exported from a third party system to create one upload spreadsheet which was then copied onto a web server and processed by a command line application. We took a 2 week manual, error encumbered procedure and turned it into a 2 hour, error free process that is fully integrated into their back office systems with a ‘One Click’ update!
The integration replaced the old process with a web based catalogue Admin Tool and custom third party system import / export programs, using standard Commerce Server APIs. The tools have also removed the need to manually edit the spreadsheets, and have removed the need to copy files onto servers and run command line programs.
The new Admin Tool allows for editing, importing / exporting of data, moving changes to and from the staging / live sites and can be adapted to any third party systems / website integration to support a company’s specific business requirements.
Data is stored in a SQL database and each type of item that is editable is presented in a table layout, with edit and delete links per row, and a link to create new items above the table. Functions exist to page, sort, and filter the data tables. There are also bulk delete and bulk edit functions.
The Admin Tool can offer multiple export options, such as in the case of Kitchen Collection, a complete replacement of the catalogue or selected items.
Jesse Lawrence
Jesse is our marketing manager, keeping an eye on the latest news in the market as well as having worked on the GDPR legislation.
