Hosted store view of the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator (Business Edition)

If you are a Category Manager, Marketing Manager, Operations Manager, or Seller working with a hosted store, you have access to the following WebSphere Commerce Accelerator menus and tasks:

Role Menu name Task
Category Manager
Merchandising
  • Manage products:
    • Find and list catalog entries
    • Change catalog entry types, such as products, SKUs, bundles and kits
    • Find, list, create, and change merchandising associations (such as up-sells or cross-sells)
    • Use the Catalog Filter tool to manage your online catalog by filtering the products you want to sell and adjusting prices
    • Use the Catalog Import tool to import catalog data and  images to your online catalog
    • Find and list expected inventory records
    • Find and list product vendors
  • Manage auctions:
    • Find, list, create, change, and retract auctions
    • List, create, and change auction styles
    • List, create, change, and delete bid control rules
    • Close the bidding for auctions
    • List and withdraw bids for customers
  • Manage special offers:
    • List, create, and delete rule-based discounts, 
    • View a summary of each rule-based discount
    • Activate and deactivate rule-based discount
    • List, create, and delete coupons
    • List, create, and delete product promotions
    • List, create, and delete order-level promotions
Reports Request and view operational reports, such as inventory management, order management, and fulfillment reports. These reports are generated in real time from your operational database.
Marketing Manager
Marketing
  • List, create, change, delete, and duplicate customer profiles
  • View a summary of each profile
  • Manage campaigns:
    • List, create, change, and delete campaigns
    • List, create, change, and delete campaign initiatives
    • View campaign initiative statistics
  • Manage e-Marketing Spots
    • Create, change, and delete e-Marketing Spots
    • Schedule campaign initiatives on e-Marketing Spots
  • Create, change, delete awareness ads
  • View a summary of each awareness ad
Merchandising
  • View categories, products, catalog entries, catalog entry types (such as products, SKUs, bundles and kits), merchandising associations (such as up-sells or cross-sells)
  • Find catalog entries, categories, bundles and kits, and merchandising associations
  • List, create, and delete order-level promotions
Reports Request and view operational reports and order management. These reports are generated in real time from your operational database.
Seller
Note:
The Seller has access to all tasks
All menus All tasks, plus some tasks under the Store menu which are exclusive to a Seller:
  • Changing customer profiles
  • Changing the look and feel of the store, including the store pages, logo, style, and flow
  • Manage files for the store
  • Change tax and payment settings for the store
  • Set the message type configuration for the store
Operations Manager Operations
  • Manage customers:
    • Create new customers
    • Find, list, and change customer registration information
    • Reset customer logon passwords
  • Find, place, change, and cancel orders for customers
  • Manage orders:
    • Find, list, change, cancel, split, and add comments to orders
    • View a customer's order history
    • View a summary of each order
  • Manage expected inventory
  • Find inventory
  • List pick batches and releases
  • Manage auctions:
    • List and find auction bids for a customer
    • Monitor and respond to any active auction forums
  • Manage payment:
    • Access WebSphere Commerce Payments
    • Approve, deposit, settle, and find payment
    • Find payment batches
Reports Request and view inventory, order management, and operational reports. These reports are generated in real time from your operational database.
Store
  • Open and close the store
  • Change shipping settings for the store
  • Configure report delivery settings
  • List, add, change and delete fulfillment centers