Recently, I realized that a lot of new log files were being generated in my Commerce Minions instance. Upon further inspection, I noticed that they were being generated at 20 min intervals. I immediately realized that the IIS application pool must be resetting. I went over the application pool settings…
When developing plugins for the Sitecore Commerce engine, after adding a reference to another project (e.g. engine plugins/features) you may encounter the following error (NU1001 The dependency could not be resolved): Even if you follow your natural instincts, right click on references and click on restore packages, it…
When creating new policies or updating existing ones, you need to re-Bootstrap the commerce engine to load the new entities into the database. If you notice that the policy is not being picked up for some reason or you are still getting old values from the policy in your code,…
When setting up Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1, after installing Commerce Server I reached the step to install Sitecore modules. The Problem I started installing the first package 'Sitecore Commerce Connect 10.x.xxx.zip'. However, I noticed that the package was taking very long to install. After giving it…
After installing Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 using the provided powershell scripts, the initialize environment command failed with the following error: localhost:5000/commerceops/InitializeEnvironment(environment='HabitatAuthoring') { "@odata.context":"http://localhost:5000/CommerceOps/$metadata#Commands/$entity", "@odata.type":"#Sitecore.Commerce.Core.Commands.InitializeEnvironmentCommand&…
When installing commerce server from the habitat install script, install-commerce-server.ps1, there is a step to configure the commerce server. It may fail with the following error: Commerce server instance has not been configured. Run csconfig.exe. If you get this, it could be because the Configuration Wizard fails or…
In a nutshell, an entity in Sitecore Commerce is a business concept that is encapsulated in a POCO class that inherits from the Commerce Entity base class, and is persisted with a unique identifier associated to it. As an example, have a look at the default Commerce Cart Entity: Persistence…
Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 is the first step in building a next generation e-commerce platform. I’ve already explored pricing and promotions. Underpinning all of this functionality is Sitecore’s trump card- the Commerce Engine, which is based on a microservices architecture and is built entirely in .NET Core.…
As you know, most Sitecore functionality is built on, extended and customized through pipelines and processors. You are already accustomed to configuring pipelines through config files by defining the type of pipeline, your custom processors and processor sequence. In Sitecore Commerce Engine, pipelines are configured through code instead of config…
I hope you’re now an an expert at pricing using the Pricing & Promotions module in Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1. Now that you have the first piece of the puzzle in place, let’s have a look at the the second one- Promotions. Promotions in Sitecore Commerce allow…