Amit's Technical World

Error while importing Catalog

2007-03-28T02:16:00Z

While importing catalog in commerce server, if you are facing access denied error, please check following

1. Have sufficient permission in SQL Server for the Application pool identity (under which the Catalog Web Service is running)

Following DB permissions are required for the Application Pool Identity (under which the Catalog Web Service is running)

Database Name	Roles
MSCS_Admin	admin_reader_role
MSCS_CatalogScratch	db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_ddladmin
<SiteName>_ProductCatalog	ctlg_CatalogWriterRole, db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_ddladmin, db_securityadmin, Inventory_ReaderRole, Inventory_WriterRole

2. The Application Pool Identity (under which the Catalog Web Service is running) user has Read, Execute and Write permission on the CatalogAuthorizationStore.xml

3. The Application Pool Identity (under which the Catalog Web Service is running) user access on Windows Temp directory

4. The Application Pool Identity (under which the Catalog Web Service is running) user access on ASP.net temporary files directory

Access required in SQL server while creating a new site in Commerce Server 2007 : For a single user

2007-03-28T02:11:00Z

After creating a site in Commerce Server 2007, following roles need to be mapped to the user (under which context the commerce server web srevices are running).

Database Name	Role
MSCS_Admin	db_datareader
	admin_reader_role
MSCS_CatalogScratch	db_datareader
	db_datawriter
	db_ddladmin
<SiteName>_productcatalog	ctlg_CatalogWriterRole
	db_datareader
	db_datawriter
	db_ddladmin
	db_securityadmin
	Inventory_ReaderRole
	Inventory_WriterRole
	ctlg_CatalogReaderRole
	Inventory_RuntimeRole
<SiteName>_marketing	mktg_MarketingService_role
	mktg_promoCodeGenerator_role
	db_ddladmin
	mktg_runtime_role
	mktg_directmailer_role
	mktg_staging_role
<SiteName>_marketing_lists	db_owner
	db_datareader
<SiteName>_profiles	Profile_Schema_Manager
	Profile_Runtime
<SiteName>_transactionconfig	Orders_Management
	Orders_Runtime
<SiteName>_transactions	Orders_Management
	Orders_Runtime

Authenticating an account in AD which is created using CS 2007 Profile APIs

2006-11-17T07:29:00Z

CS 2007 supports storing profile information in a combination of data source i.e. while creating a profile it is possible to store some information in a database (say SQL 2005) and some other information in Active Directory. In our application we were storing the user name, password, first name, last name etc in AD and other information was being stored in SQL 2005 database. While authenticating the user by providing UserId and password, AD validates the UserId against userPrincipalName. Unless this field is set to same a UserId, AD will not be able to authenticate the user. Hence while creating the account in AD using CS 2007 APIs, we need to set userPrincipalName as UserId. So while storing the User information in AD, these are the minimum set of information you may wish to map.

1. Cn = Common Name, same as UserId

2. sAmAccountName = Account Name, same as UserId

3. Givenname = First name

4. Sn -> LastName

5. userAccountControl as 101 to set the user as active

6. userPrincipalName as UserId to authenticate using AD

How to activate an account in AD which is created using CS 2007 Profile APIs

2006-11-12T08:57:00Z

While creating the profile using profile APIs (Profile APIs, Profile webservice or Profile Adapter for BizTalk), we observed that the account is successfully created in AD however the same is not yet activated/enabled. In order to enable the account in AD, we need to use the userAccountControl property in AD and set the same to 101. 101 is the AD code for active account. This is the attribute we need to set for the account in AD to make it active.

Namespace Issue while configuring BizTalk adapter for CS 2007

2006-11-06T06:39:00Z

While importing a profile using CS Adapters for BizTalk Server, we run into some problem. We were trying to import an address profile to and were getting an error saying "GeneralInfo.address_id" element is not found in the message schema.

We generated the schema for CS Profiles using ExportProfile.xsd tool. This tool exposes various command line options and one of the options is tn. If this argument is provided, the XSD will be
generated with the target namespace specified. If not provided, an empty
namespace will be used.

We need to use the same namespace while configuring the CS Adapters for BizTalk.

Another point we need to ensure is to make these schema as unqualified while using. This will solve the issue.

Thanks

Biztalk Adapters for CS 2007

2006-11-05T14:32:00Z

One new feature in CS 2007 is the inclusion of Adapters for BizTalk 2006 which can help to integrate with diverse systems like CRM. Inventory etc.

There are 4 adapters provided by default

1. Commerce Server Profiles Adapter

2. Commerce Server Orders Adapter

3. Commerce Server Catalog Adapter

4. Commerce Server Inventory Adapter

Even though we can access the WebSrevices exposed by CS 2007 using SOAP messages over HTTP, these adapters makes it easy to integrate CS 2007 with other applications like CRM etc.

In my subsequent posts, I will provide some important aspects on these adapters.

Thanks

Amit