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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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What is new in SAP hybris 6.7?
Release Notes · 9 min read

What is new in SAP hybris 6.7?

A summary of SAP hybris 6.7 changes across Adaptive Search, PCM Backoffice, Promotion Engine, Data Hub, SmartEdit, platform, accelerators, and integrations.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
hybrismart Meets Friends: Mar’18 E-commerce Digest
E-Commerce · 3 min read

hybrismart Meets Friends: Mar’18 E-commerce Digest

A March 2018 digest of recommended reading on e-commerce architecture, microservices, AI, recommendations, UX, site search, and conversion optimization.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Automated Screenshot-Based Testing
Testing · 9 min read

Automated Screenshot-Based Testing

A practical approach to detecting storefront regressions by automatically capturing, comparing, and reporting page and component screenshots.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
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