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Engineering E-Commerce,
Search & AI

Deep-dive articles on e-commerce architecture, search technology, AI, and the engineering behind complex systems.

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Cloning Catalogs in SAP Hybris. Export/import whole catalogs in/from IMPEX
Data Migration · 10 min read

Cloning Catalogs in SAP Hybris. Export/import whole catalogs in/from IMPEX

A proof-of-concept approach for cloning SAP Hybris product and content catalogs by exporting catalog-aware items to Impex and importing them into a new catalog.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Development Tools · 3 min read

Useful Groovy Scripts. Part 5.

A collection of Groovy scripts for SAP Commerce HAC, including server restart, FlexibleSearch-to-SQL conversion, DDL execution, and index inspection.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Hybris Upgrade Map (updated with 6.5/6.6)
Release Notes · 2 min read

Hybris Upgrade Map (updated with 6.5/6.6)

A visual upgrade map summarizing SAP hybris Commerce capabilities across versions up to 6.6.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Reactive rule-based dynamic forms in hybris using Drools7
Architecture · 18 min read

Reactive rule-based dynamic forms in hybris using Drools7

An experiment with Drools-driven reactive dynamic forms in SAP hybris, covering conditional pages, validation, and hybris API integration.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Hybris Upgrade Map (updated with 6.5/6.6)
Release Notes · 2 min read

Hybris Upgrade Map (updated with 6.5/6.6)

A reference map of key SAP hybris Commerce features introduced across versions up to 6.6, grouped by topic to support upgrade planning.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Useful Groovy Scripts. Part 4. Finding all external references to an object
Development Tools · 4 min read

Useful Groovy Scripts. Part 4. Finding all external references to an object

A beta Groovy script for finding all SAP Commerce objects that reference a specific item by PK.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Useful Groovy Scripts. Part 3. Flexible Search Query Generator
Development Tools · 7 min read

Useful Groovy Scripts. Part 3. Flexible Search Query Generator

A Groovy script that generates FlexibleSearch queries for SAP Commerce types and resolves references for readable troubleshooting output.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Useful Groovy Scripts. Part 2.
Development Tools · 5 min read

Useful Groovy Scripts. Part 2.

A collection of Groovy scripts for SAP Commerce troubleshooting: dynamic logging, inspecting Spring beans and contexts, and listing controller mappings.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Useful Groovy Scripts for SAP Hybris Commerce. Part 1
Development Tools · 8 min read

Useful Groovy Scripts for SAP Hybris Commerce. Part 1

A practical collection of Groovy scripts for SAP Hybris Commerce to inspect files, run queries, modify items, import Impex, and explore types.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Performance · 2 min read

SAP HYBRIS: Thinking Outside the Box. PART 6 [VIDEO, RUSSIAN + ENGLISH]. Page Fragment Caching. Varnish. Nginx+Memcached. PDF reporting.

Part 6 of Rauf Aliev’s SAP hybris presentation covers page fragment caching, Varnish, Nginx with Memcached, and PDF reporting.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Architecture · 2 min read

SAP HYBRIS: Thinking Outside the Box. PART 5 [VIDEO, RUSSIAN + ENGLISH]. Bulk search. Geofencing. Drools Fusion. Rule-based recommendations.

Part 5 of Rauf Aliev’s SAP hybris presentation covers bulk search, geofencing, Drools Fusion, and rule-based product recommendations.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Development Tools · 6 min read

Hybris Help: Hybris 123 Tour Published

SAP published a new Hybris help tour that walks newcomers through building a sample concert-ticket storefront using SAP Hybris Commerce.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev