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 Q1. What is the difference between Controller and Task Command ?IBM WCS
Ans. Controller Command is the command that gets called upon a request, just like We have actions in struts and controller in Spring. Task is a step in this bigger process. Task command are the commands that perform specific task for a controller command, like service classes in other frameworks. In order to complete the request, a controller command may invoke multiple task commands.

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 Q2. What is difference between Product and Item ?IBM WCS
Ans. Item is a sale-able merchandise where as Product is a group of sale-able merchandise which share certain attributes. For example - Cell phone is a product whereas Samsung Galaxy S2 - White is an item.

Quantity is always attached to SKU ( Stock keeping unit ) or items. Product quantity has no relevance in terms of identify the current stock or reorder condition.

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 Q3. How Promotions are created and stored in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. Promotions are created either using Management Center or Accelerator. PX_PROMOTION table is used to store Promotions. Complete Promotion is stored as an XML string within XMLPARAM column. Other tables which are used to store promotion related information are -

CATENTCALCD
CALCODE
CLCDPROMO

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 Q4. What is purchase condition and reward in promotions ?IBM WCS
Ans. Purchase condition is the condition that must be fulfilled before a promotion is applied and Reward is the benefit that is passed to customer.

For Example - If promotion is "Buy 2 Quantity of X, Get Y Free" , Purchase condition is inclusion of 2 qty of X in Cart. Reward in this case would be 1 qty of Y.

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 Q5. What steps are needed to create a new promotion type ?IBM WCS
Ans. a. Create necessary lzx files( template , object definition and properties ), make config entries and then Build open Laszlo project ( for LOBTools ) so that new promotion type should be displayed in management center.

b. Create a new promotion type xsl ( promotion type template ) and then map it to the promotion type.

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 Q6. How can you check the status of an ORDER ?IBM WCS
Ans. By querying the STATUS from the ORDERS table.

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 Q7. I want to collect email addresses of all Registered Users. Which table should I refer ?IBM WCS
Ans. ADDRESS

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 Q8. How can i get to know all the active promotions without going to management center ?IBM WCS
Ans. We can query the DB as follows

Select NAME from PX_PROMOTION where STATUS=1;

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 Q9. How can we remove a JSP page from getting cached ?IBM WCS
Ans. Remove the jsp entry from cachespec.xml.

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 Q10. Where do we store DB configuration and how can we change that ?IBM WCS
Ans. wc-server.xml stores the DB configuration. We can either change it manually or by using setdbtype command.

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 Q11. Which table holds the encrypted login password ?IBM WCS
Ans. USERREG

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 Q12. How can we enable promotion engine logs ?IBM WCS
Ans. By making Debug=true within WCSPromotionEngineConfig.xml

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 Q13. What are the steps to create a new business policy ?IBM WCS
Ans. Step 1 - Create a new policy definition by adding record in tables POLICY, POLICYDESC.
Step 3 - Associate commands to the new policy by adding records in POLICYCMD.
Step 2 - Associate the new policy with its terms and conditions by adding a record in relationship table POLICYTC.
Step 4 - Add reference to the policy in the repective contract xml file.

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 Q14. Define Business policy categories provided by WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. Catalog business policies

Catalog business policies define the scope and characteristics of the catalog of products for sale in a store including prices and the categorization of products in a store's catalog.

Payment business policies

Invoicing, payment, and refund business policies define how a store accepts payments, pays refunds, and the format of a store's invoices.

Returns business policies

Returns business policies define if refunds are accepted, the time period they are accepted for, and any re-stocking fees applied to returns.

Shipping business policies

Shipping business policies define the shipping providers a store can use and the charges associated with each type.

Referral interface business policies

Referral interface business policies define the relationship between a proxy store and a remote store.

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 Q15. Where do we specify the buyer seller relationship ?IBM WCS
Ans. In the contract xml files.

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 Q16. How Access control Policies are implemented in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. There are three elements i.e Users ( Who want access ) , Actions ( What kind of Access ) and Resources ( Whose Access ). The relationship between resource and user is store in ACRELATION table and ACRESREL associate a resource and relationship.

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 Q17. What are the tables used for Access control ?IBM WCS
Ans. ACPOLICY , ACPOLDESC , ACACTION , ACRELATION , ACRESREL , ACRESGRP

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 Q18. Who manages the Access control policies and How ?IBM WCS
Ans. Site Administrator and through Org Admin Console.

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 Q19. What are the design patterns used in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. MVC , Display Design and Command.

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 Q20. What is reload interval and where it is defined ?IBM WCS
Ans. reload interval or jsp caching interval is a parameter that indicates how frequently a JSP should be recompiled.

It is defined within

Stores.warWEB-INFibm-web-ext.xmi

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 Q21. What information is stored in CACHEIVL table and How does this help in caching ? IBM WCS
Ans. This table records the changes to product or category information in the database. This is referred by WCS for invalidating dynacache.

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 Q22. What are the different types of Auctions in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. open cry, sealed bid, and dutch

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 Q23. Can we schedule auctions and promotions in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. Yes

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 Q24. How do we set Auctions in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. Through Accelerator.

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 Q25. What is SKU ?IBM WCS
Ans. SKU is Stock keeping unit. Items are referred to as SKU as they are the narrowest identifier for which business needs to track quantity.

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 Q26. Why can't we add Products while specifying Target Catalog entry in Promotions?IBM WCS
Ans. Product refer to category of Items and hence can't be associated to a particular Stock keeping unit. Items can only be targeted while creating promotions.

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 Q27. What is B2C and B2B Business model ?IBM WCS
Ans. B2C business deals with selling merchandise directly to consumers whereas B2B business deals with selling / coordination with other businesses ( partners , distributors , affiliates etc ) for selling merchandise.

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 Q28. Explain concept of Hubs and Extended site stores ?IBM WCS
Ans. Hub and Extended sites /stores are used in case of selling through partners and affiliates. Hub is the central site around which extended stores are created by/for the respective partner / affiliate. Store owner performs the extended site administrations whereas overall control over merchandise remains with the site.

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 Q29. What are eSpots and How do we manage them ?IBM WCS
Ans. eSpot is the mechanism in WCS to schedule and display dynamic content. Content management for these slots are done through Accelarator.

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 Q30. What are different Business Models supported by WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. B2C , B2B , Supply Chain , Extended Sites.

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