Sitecore Experience Commerce

Install Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 Update 2: Steps To Take Before Running the DeployCommerceEngine Task

Since the default install for Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 separates IIS sites for all roles (Authoring, Shops, Ops, Minions), updating some hard coded configuration parameters in the Sitecore.Commerce.Engine.2.2.126.zip package before running the DeployCommerceEngine task will save you some time. Otherwise, you will have to

Deploy Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 Update 2- 404 Error when running task InstallPowershellExtensions

When running the InstallPowershellExtensions task in Master_SingleServer.json, I got the following error: > HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found. Upon further inspection, I noticed that it was making an HTTP request by default and not HTTPS, and the Sitecore site only had an HTTPS binding by

Sitecore Experience Commerce

DeployCommerceEngine CreateWebsite- Error Generating Self Signed Certificate: Cannot find object or property (CRYPT_E_NOT_FOUND)

In the DeployCommerceEngine task of the Sitecore Experience Commerce 9.0.2 install script, there is a step to create the website [1]. I hit the following error at this point: CertEnroll::CSignerCertificate::Initialize: Cannot find object or property. 0x80092004 (-2146885628 CRYPT_E_NOT_FOUND) The certificate is created by

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 DeployCommerceDatabase Error: Unable to add user <domain>\CSFndRuntimeUser

As part of Sitecore XC9 Update 2 installation, in the DeployCommerceDatabase and AddCommerceUserToCoreDatabase tasks, there is a step to add the Commerce runtime user (which the Commerce Engine IIS application pool runs under) to the database as a db_owner. This seemed to be failing for me with the error:

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 install task CreateWebsiteOps Error- Cannot bind parameter 'Signer' to the target.

The Problem When running the CreateWebsiteOps task during installing Sitecore Experience Commerce 9 Update 2, I got the following error: > Cannot bind parameter 'Signer' to the target. Exception setting "Signer": "Value cannot be null. Investigation Upon inspection of CommerceEngine.Deploy.json (located at SIF.Sitecore.Commerce.1.2.14\Configuration\

Sitecore Experience Commerce 9

DeployCommerceDatabase: SQL Server Provider for Windows PowerShell is not installed.

I got the following error when running the DeployCommerceDatabase task during Experience Commerce 9 Update 2 installation: > SQL Server Provider for Windows PowerShell is not installed. In order to fix this issue, I tried the following command in PowerShell to install the SqlServer PowerShell module: Install-Module -Name SqlServer However, this

Sitecore Experience Commerce 9

Sitecore Experience Commerce 9.0.2 Installation Error: Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'System.String' required by parameter

I got the following error when running Deploy-Sitecore-Commerce.ps1: > Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'System.String' required by parameter 'SitecoreBizFxServicesContentPath'. After looking at the value for the 'SitecoreBizFxServicesContentPath' parameter in the deploy script, the only difference I could see was the path was not specifying a particular

Sitecore Experience Commerce 9

SIF PowerShell Validation Error when Skipping SXA Storefront Installation

I was setting up my Sitecore Experience Commerce 9.0.2 installation to install without SXA Storefront, following the instructions from the installation guide: Oddly, after copying the text from the installation guide, I get the following error: Turns out that copying and pasting the command (we always like shortcuts)

Sitecore Experience Platform

How to Skip Tasks in Sitecore Installation Framework (SIF)

When installing the Sitecore Experience Platform or Sitecore Experience Commerce through Sitecore Installation Framework (SIF), often times you may run into errors mid way through the installation. When re-running the installation, there is a handy feature that allows you to skip certain installation tasks using the ‘Skip’ flag. Install-SitecoreConfiguration @params

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Failed to resolve dependency in commerce engine project

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

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Sitecore Experience Commerce 9: Configure Policies Like a Boss with Policy Sets

When configuring an environment in Sitecore Experience Commerce 9, you can specify policies (learn more about policies and entities here [https://sitecoredude.com/sitecore-commerce-entities-explained/]). In addition to specifying a list of policies directly in the environment JSON config, you can also specify a set of policies that make up a

Sitecore Experience Commerce

How to check if a policy has been updated in Sitecore Commerce

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,

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Sitecore Commerce Connect package installation hangs

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

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Sitecore Commerce InitializeEnvironment error: 'Failed to get connection for Sitecore'

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", "Id":"0279d5d989dc43249df9827354786a61", "ResponseCode":"Error", "Messages":[ {

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 install error: Commerce Server instance has not been configured. Run CSConfig.exe.

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

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Sitecore Commerce Entities Explained

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 Experience Commerce

All you need to know about Sitecore Commerce Service APIs

Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 is the first step in building a next generation e-commerce platform. I’ve already explored pricing [https://sitecoredude.com/show-me-the-money-a-guided-tour-of-pricing-in-sitecore-commerce-8-2-1/] and promotions [https://sitecoredude.com/how-to-offer-value-to-your-customers-using-promotions-in-sitecore-commerce-8-2-1/] . Underpinning all of this functionality is Sitecore’s trump card- the Commerce Engine, which is based on a microservices

Sitecore Experience Commerce

How to view pipeline configuration and sequence in Sitecore Commerce Engine

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

Sitecore Experience Commerce

How to offer value to your customers using Promotions in Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1

I hope you’re now an an expert at pricing using the Pricing & Promotions module in Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 [https://sitecoredude.com/show-me-the-money-a-guided-tour-of-pricing-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 Experience Commerce

The curious case of missing Sitecore Commerce Engine Log Files

While recently developing a custom Commerce Engine plugin in Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1, I noticed that the engine was not producing any log files. The usual location (CommerceEngine\wwwroot\logs) had no signs of the runtime logs (files of the format SCF.*.txt), and only had Node Configuration logs.

Sitecore Experience Commerce

Show me the money! A guided tour of pricing in Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1

So you’ve set up your product templates in Commerce Server, synced them up to Sitecore Commerce, and finally set up some products in the Merchandising Manager. You see a field for list price on your products, a section for pricing, and a magical ‘Price Card’ dropdown . Price what? Price