OCI catalog integration.

[Former Member]

Hello All,

we are plannig to set up an OCI catalog integration. The external catalog is based upon ATG.

Please help me with any full documentation for this.

Regards,

Shanto Aloor

[Former Member]

Any help on this please?.

[Former Member]

ATG - being an Oracle suite of product, may not be readily Open Catalog Interface (OCI) compatible, since OCI is 100% SAP standard. If you can not "manipulate" the ATG views using your code or any API for ATG

However, as long as the external catalog can facilitate punch-out mechanism (See Ariba punch-out) or anything similar, you can integrate it with SAP E-Commerce.

The steps involved are as follows::

(1) You configure in SAP B2B that the catalog is external. You define the URL to the "external catalog".

(2) The URL and the parameters can be "massaged" in customer exits.

(3) You also configure a "call back - hook URL". This URL is a predefined URL to SAP B2B application. You probably do it in ATG.

(4) This call back URL will have additional parameters (either XML or HTTP) in a "predefined fashion". This is where the OCI compatibility or the integration comes into play.

(5)As long as the ATG can send the catalog items selected from its "cart" in XML or HTTP to the "target, call back, hook URL" in B2B, you are fine.

(6) The call back URL in SAP B2B application will receive the product list and add it to the SAP B2B basket.

So, check if ATG can send XML or HTTP to an external URL?

[Former Member]

Thank you Easwar for your reply.

But i am getting the below error, while am adding products from the external catalog

what could be the problem?

Error: Your session is no longer valid. Log on again.

Thanks and Regards,

Shanto Aloor