This mechanism represents a significant opportunity for those looking to push beyond the platform’s standard capabilities, offering a pathway to tailor DTO generation precisely. However, navigating this feature requires insight into SAP Commerce Cloud’s DTO generation mechanism, including custom post-processors and XML configuration parsing.
Our article serves as a guide for developers eager to explore this advanced customization layer, detailing the steps to effectively utilize the hints mechanism without delving into the technical complexities here. Discover how to harness the full power of undocumented hints for your DTO customization needs in SAP Commerce Cloud by exploring our comprehensive exploration.
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A number of customers have been talking about the upgrade policies defined by SAP for SAP Commerce Cloud and the Composable Storefront. I mentioned the upgrades last year in the hybrismart.com article.
Historically, since I first met hybris 4 in 2009 I have seen clients who did not upgrade their versions of SAP Commerce for years. However, that all changes with latest policy SAP have with the CCV2 environment.
These policies require that the merchant needs to keep on top of the upgrades which are currently being issued each month and therefore factor those upgrades into their development, testing and release cycles. Each release of SAP Commerce and the Composable Storefront has a 6 month validity period after which the release cannot be deployed.
A key question being asked is how onerous is this upgrading process ? and how often ? There are usually two views: 1) the “little and often” approach, a view also recommended by SAP, that upgrades should be factored frequently; 2) the “if it isn’t broke don’t fix it” approach where we have seen examples SAP Commerce version they use has passed its long term support date.
In the end, it comes down to priorities and costs and we have experienced upgrade projects taking months because the version being upgraded from is quite old.
In order to get a tangible view of the current upgrading of both SAP Commerce and the Composable Storefront I decided to undertake some sample upgrades on a local version I run. For those who are interested, I use an Oracle VirtualBox VM Debian guest running in a Windows 11 host). I have traditionally built SAP Commerce using the various out-of-the-box recipes and accelerators using the instructions published by SAP. To an extent, what I am doing probably reflects what many project teams have undertaken, in that someone needs to undertake the “upgrade” user story and share with their team.
In this article you will find the detailed walk-through.
Read More » Back in March I wrote about how SAP had released Spartacus 5 in November 2022. I covered how it had been released as a commercial entity and I had analysed the release policy and then estimated that it would make sense for SAP to update the Composable Storefront package to use a newer version of Node.js during 2023 for ensuring a longer term support prospect.
I was partly correct – but I had underestimated what would happen !. In fact as of end-November 2023, there have been 9 releases of the Composable Storefront since 5.0, now being released on an almost monthly basis, and there have been 12 update releases of SAP Commerce Cloud itself, now in the form of the “Continuous Innovation” releases 2211.x, and at time of writing to 2211 updated to release 2211.15 and also released on an almost monthly basis.
I suspect that between the time I write this, and the time you read that at least one more release of Composable storefront and Commerce Cloud will have been released. In this article, I will share some important updates on this topic. Read More »
Introducing ‘fsdumpviewer’: The Tool for File System ‘ls-lR’ Snapshot Comparison and Synchronization
In this article, we’re diving into the features that have emerged between versions 2023.1.1 and 2023.2.7 of the Plugin. No need for elaborate words, let’s get straight to the highlights:
- Project Import 2.0: An upgraded import process with automatic database integration and improved module management.
- Kotlin Integration: Now supporting Kotlin language seamlessly, making development smoother.
- CCv2 Enhancements: New icons and seamless module imports for CCv2. Improved HAC cluster support, OCC enhancements, and better Groovy script management.
- FlexibleSearch 2.0: A revamped FlexibleSearch language with new icons, folding, and improved formatting.
- Type System Evolution: Fresh icons for various types and relations, and a diagramming experience for Type System in Intellij IDEA Ultimate.
- Business Process Refinements: Better code completion, custom language injections, and enhanced scripting support for business processes.
- ImpEx Power-ups: Improved code completion, macro handling, and sld.enabled modifier support for ImpEx files.
- Bean System Mastery: New icons, code completion, and reference enhancements for beans, with conversion possibilities on the horizon.
- User Rights 2.0: Revamped User Rights support in ImpEx files, making management more intuitive.
The article highlights improvements such as:
- API Usage: How JetBrains’s latest batch of deprecated APIs impacts the plugin.
- SAP Commerce in the Public Cloud (CCv2): Dive into the new features simplifying developers’ lives, including the addition of code contributions based on JSON schema.
- SAP Data Hub on CCv2: Explore the complexities and solutions offered for projects utilizing SAP Data Hub.
- JavaScript Storefront: The essential tools and updates for developers working in the SAP Public Cloud.
- Type System: Discover the new usability improvements in preview mode and items.xml.
- ImpEx & FlexibleSearch: Understand the nuances and tweaks in action group displays and custom icons.
- Cockpit NG System: From commons to the business process, take a look at the new references added.
- Extension Info: Dive deep into the added extras for extensioninfo.xml.
…and a plethora of other essential updates, adjustments, and fixes to ensure smoother, more efficient operations for SAP Commerce developers.
Read More »In the previous part, we discussed the importance of redundancy and failover in a cluster setup and introduced JGroups as a crucial component of SAP Commerce Cloud for distributed messaging and eventing. In this part, we will delve deeper into troubleshooting common issues that arise with JGroups in SAP Commerce.
In this article, we will explore troubleshooting tips for common issues related to JGroups in SAP Commerce. We will discuss how to address data inconsistencies, handle dynamic IPs and membership discovery, and effectively monitor the cluster.
It is important to highlight that these recommendations were formulated and tested for the on-premise, self-hosted SAP Commerce. This setup is now rare, as many SAP Commerce projects have already been migrated to the cloud. In the cloud setup, such challenges may never be your concern, as they fall under the responsibility of SAP CCV2 support engineers. However, understanding the limitations and constraints will still help you build the solution correctly.
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