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

A proof-of-concept approach for serving 90 million personalized prices for 500,000 customer groups using a dedicated Solr core.

An alpha preview of a hybris add-on that visualizes the items.xml data model using Graphviz-generated diagrams.

A proof of concept for integrating hybris with Okta SSO using the samlsinglesignon extension and a custom storefront token processor.

A legacy SAP Commerce WCMS approach for separating global and regional content catalogs by administrator permissions.
A technical experiment showing how to run Apache SOLR 6 with SAP hybris 6, including configuration changes and a custom MultiMaxScoreQParser.

A proof of concept for generating smart “could have fired” promotion messages on product pages in Hybris 6.

How to consolidate product and content-page results in a single Hybris Solr index and search experience.

A proof of concept showing how to customize the Hybris 6.0 rule-based promotion engine with custom conditions, RAOs, translators, and Drools integration.

A knowledge map for preparing for SAP Hybris Commerce certification exams.
How to update a single product attribute in a Solr document without reindexing the entire product data set.
A practical approach to reusing the hybris product data model and PCM capabilities for managing non-product content such as news and recipes.
A 2015 look at SAP hybris-as-a-service, its API-first architecture, early limitations, and potential for cloud-based e-commerce.