Publishing Replicated Products into the Storefront

When the materials in SAP S/4HANA Cloud are replicated to SAP Commerce Cloud as products, the products are subject to an approval process. The initial approval status is check. This is to allow for verification of the product data before making it available in the online catalog version and visible on the storefront. Let's approve the products in SAP Commerce Cloud Backoffice.

1. Access SAP Commerce Cloud Backoffice, and log on as an administrator.
2. Navigate to Catalog → Products.
3. Choose the search button on the top-right corner to bring up the Advanced Search area. In the Advanced Search area, on the Catalog version field, choose Catalog_1710_10-ERP_IMPORT from the catalog versions dropdown. This is the catalog version you'd have previously created to hold the product, or material master data replicated from SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
   
4. Choose Search.
   
5. In the Search Results area, choose the PSR 1090 product that was replicated from SAP S/4HANA Cloud that you want to update the approval status for.
6. In the Product Details Editor area below, review the content such as price, stock, and description. You can maintain any additional information about the product in the editor area. Once the content has been verified, change the approval status to approved.
7. Choose Save to update the product.
   
8. Repeat steps 4–7 for all the other products that you want to publish to the storefront.

1. Access SAP Commerce Cloud Backoffice, and log on as an administrator.
2. Navigate to the Catalog → Catalog Versions.
3. On the search result list, choose the Catalog_1710_10 catalog version with the ERP_IMPORT version.
   
4. In the catalog version detail editor area, choose the Catalog Synchronization icon located at the top of the editor area. This opens the Catalog Synchronization popup.
5. Select the corresponding synchronization job, and choose SYNC.
   
   Note

   The target catalog version for the B2B storefront is Powertools Product Catalog:Staged.

   The Catalog Synchronization popup is dismissed as the synchronization process is running in the background.

6. Choose the Processes icon on the top-right corner to see a list of running or completed processes in the background.
   
   Note

   Until the synchronization job is done, its status is shown as PROCESSING. And if something is wrong, you can choose the three-dot action menu, and choose Show log to bring up the log file popup, where you can download the log file and check the errors.

   Once the synchronization job is done, its status is shown as finished.

   At this point, the products are now available in the staged version of the target product catalog – Powertools Product Catalog. The final step is to synchronize the staged version to the online version. Only the online version will be published and visible to the storefront and customers can check out and place orders.

   
7. Navigate back to Catalog → Catalog Versions.
8. In the search result list, choose the Staged version of the Powertools Product Catalog.
9. Choose the Synchronize button at the top of the editor area to bring up the Sync popup.
   
10. On the Sync popup, choose the Push to target tab, choose the sync powertoolsProductCatalog:Staged->Online job, and choose SYNC to start the product catalog versions synchronization process.
    

    The Sync popup is dismissed as the synchronization process is running in the background. As you’re synchronizing the whole catalog, it should take a few minutes.

11. Choose the Processes icon on the top-right corner to see a list of running or completed processes in the background.
    
    Note

    Until the synchronization job is done, its status is shown as PROCESSING. And if something is wrong, as you did on the product synchronization step, you can choose the three-dot action menu, and choose Show log to bring up the log file popup, where you can download the log file and check the errors.

    Once the synchronization job is done, its status is shown as finished.

    

    At this point, the products are now available in both versions of the target product catalog – Powertools Product Catalog.