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SuperOrion · Guest

Hi,

How can I import catalog data in Commerce Server using
BizTalk Server 2004 ?

Thanks

SuperOrion

Maria Quian [MSFT] · Guest

Thank you for using Microsoft Newsgroups.

Do you currently have a configuration setup to exchange catalogs with your
vendor using BizTalk 2002 and you want to upgrade to BizTalk 2004?

I have not setup a Commerce Server 2002 and BizTalk 2004 solution. If you
do not have a solution in place, I would recommend reviewing the Commerce
Server 2002 > Developer's Guide > Extending Commerce Server > Integrating
with BizTalk Server to get familiar with the steps required to setup an
environment to import catalogs from a vendor.

Otherwise, open a support incident and we can go ahead and setup the
environment. We can then verify if it is doable with the product versions
you are wanting to use and the updated steps for BizTalk 2004.

Maria Quian
Microsoft Technical Support

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Jason Storey · Guest

Different ways to do it but here is one

1) Generate an xdr from Commerce using the code in the help file.

2) Import the xdr into BizTalk. Do this using the generated
items-schema as it will need to convert it to an xsd (note you may have to
fix some of the definitions, for example datetime->dateTime) before you
import or you will receive errors.

3) At this point you can map to you catalog definition(s)

4) Use the API to import the generated XML file

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SuperOrion · Guest

If I use API to import the generated XML file, should I create a custom
BizTalk 2004 Adapter ?

Thanks

SuperOrion

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Jason Storey · Guest

You can SO but it will require that you have the CS API on your BizTalk
server or at least referenced.

Here are some different scenarios to consider

1) Use a scheduled task on the CS boxes to pick up the XML file that BizTalk
will deliver to it. This scheduled task will call a vbs script that call
the ImportXML method
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csvr2002/htm/cs_rp_catalogmanager_zbhs_c.asp?frame=true).
This is pretty simple and keeps the DLL dependency out of the picture.

2) If you have the CatalogManager API available to a BizTalk group, you can
also do this within a BizTalk Expression. Things you may want to consider
are how often this process will occur and when.

3) The adapter from a design standpoint probably one of the cleanest, but
again requires a DLL dependency so check and see how your licensing
accommodates this.

4) BizDesk or FP1 Catalog Manager are the UI's you can use to do this task
with.

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Ravi Shankar · Guest

With BTS2004 you can directly call WebServices... For catalog in FP1, the
Catalog Manager is a Web Service which provides the ImportXML facility. So in
your BTS orchestration add the catalog schema for Commerce Server, add the
incoming schema for the catalog, do the map and call the CatalogWebService on
your commerce server machine....

No license violation there.

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