Unit 1: Introduction
This unit provides you a high-level overview of the architecture of the IBM® Sterling Order Management system.
Lesson 1.1: Introduction to Application Architecture
Duration: 1.5 hours
Learning objectives:
- Discuss the footprint of the Sterling Order Management system.
- Identify the various components of Sterling Order Management.
- List the frameworks that are part of Sterling Order Management.
- Identify the user interfaces of the Sterling Order Management system.
Exercise 1.1.1: Launching User Interfaces
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Launch various application screens present in the Sterling Order Management system.
Unit 2: Installation and Deployment
This unit provides you information about installation, configuration, and deployment of IBM Sterling Order Management.
Lesson 2.1: Introduction to Application Architecture
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Identify the prerequisites for installing the Sterling Order Management.
- Differentiate between single schema and multi-schema installations.
- Learn about Shards and Colonies.
- Understand different types of deployment.
- Install the Sterling Order Management in silent mode.
- Install the Sterling Sterling Order Management in GUI mode.
- Process to enable sharding in multi-schema installation.
- Configure the Sterling Order Management and the supporting Application Server and database components.
- Create the "Factory Setup" base data set.
- Configure the property files.
Exercise 2.1.1: Viewing the Directory Structure
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Navigate and view the installation directory.
- View the Liberty server directory.
Exercise 2.1.2: Viewing Property Files and Fulfillment Architecture
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Navigate to the properties folder in the installation directory.
- View the DB Name and other details pertaining to the database.
Lesson 2.2: Deploying the Application
Duration: 1.5 hours
Learning objectives:
- Describe a typical deployment environment.
- Deploy the application in production mode.
- Deploy the application in exploded mode.
- Pre-compile the JSPs.
- Understand promising server and its implementation.
- Configure and use the Configuration Deployment tool.
- Overview of Initial Data Loading tool.
Unit 3: APIs and Custom Business Logic
This unit provides you with conceptual and procedural information to work with APIs provided by IBM Sterling Order Management system.
Lesson 3.1: APIs and Custom Business Logic
Duration: 1.5 hours
Learning objectives:
- Describe the Process Modeling terms briefly.
- Identify the system APIs.
- Determine API behavior via the API Java documentation.
- Modify output template XML.
- Use the API Tester to invoke APIs.
- Deploy custom Java classes.
- Extend standard transactions by using User Exits.
- Configure custom transactions.
- Extend transaction events.
- Extend statuses.
Exercise 3.1.1: Using Order Console
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create an order using the order console in Application Console.
Exercise 3.1.2: Using API Documentation
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Navigate to and use the API documentation in the application directory.
Exercise 3.1.3: Using the API Tester
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Use the API tester to create an order.
Exercise 3.1.4: Modifying XML Template
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Modify a standard output XML and retrieve specific details using the API tester.
Exercise 3.1.5: Configuring User Exits
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Configure and test a user exit.
Unit 4: Agent Framework
This unit describes overview of agent architecture. The process to set up the agent architecture, schedule, and call an agent is described in detail.
Lesson 4.1: Agent Framework
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Differentiate between Task Queue and Non-Task Queue Based Agents.
- Explain the Agent Framework architecture.
- Create an agent's infrastructure.
- Start an agent server.
- Trigger an agent.
- Schedule an agent to trigger.
- List the best practices when working with agents.
Exercise 4.1.1: Viewing the YFS_TASK_Q Table
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Connect to the database and view the YFS_TASK_Q table.
Exercise 4.1.2: Verifying the JMS Service
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Navigate to MQ Manager and start the queue manager and listener.
Exercise 4.1.3: Viewing the Agent Criteria Details
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- View the agent criteria details.
Exercise 4.1.4: Configure Agents
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Configure an agent server.
Exercise 4.1.5: Configure Agent Criteria Settings
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Configure and trigger an agent server.
Unit 5: Service Definition Framework
This unit provides an overview of the Service Definition Framework in the Sterling Order Management system. This unit also details the procedure to create and configure a service using the Service Builder graphical interface.
Lesson 5.1: Service Definition Framework
Duration: 2.5 hours
Learning objectives:
- Create reusable business services using the Service Builder.
- Integrate with external systems using services.
- Invoke APIs via services.
- Implement services via synchronous and asynchronous protocols.
- Invoke services via integration servers in the runtime environment.
- Handle exceptions that are logged by the Service Definition Framework using the exception console.
Exercise 5.1.1: Create a Service
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create a service using Service Builder and execute a service.
Exercise 5.1.2: Event Handling
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create, test and execute a service that provides order alerts.
Exercise 5.1.3: Order Capture Integration
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create a service that allows external order entry system to pass an XML.
Exercise 5.1.4: Create an Order
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create a service that reads an xml file from the JMS queue, to create order.
Exercise 5.1.5: Exception Handling
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Identify and resolve exceptions in the console.
Exercise 5.1.6: Rapid Deployment Tool/ Troubleshooting
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Use the RDT tool to load items to the organization catalog.
Unit 6: Extensibility
This unit provides information on how to extend the database by adding new columns and table to the IBM Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation data model. You will also learn about the configuring object extensibility in the IBM Sterling Business Center.
Lesson 6.1: Database Extensibility
Duration: 1 hour
Learning objectives:
- List the restrictions on extending the database.
- Explain the Entity Definition Framework.
- Use Entity Relationship Diagrams to view the Sterling Order Management system entity relationship mapping.
- List the steps to extend the database to meet implementation needs.
- Extend database entities by creating custom columns, custom tables, and hang-off tables.
- Create the Extension.xml file.
- Modify API XMLs to accommodate database changes.
- Create the Entities.jar.
- Create services to call Extended Database APIs.
Exercise 6.1.1: Viewing ERDs
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- View the ERDs available in the standard documentation.
Exercise 6.1.2: Database Extensibility
Duration: 45 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create a custom table and a hang-off table.
Lesson 6.2: Object Extensibility
Duration: 45 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Configure Object Extensibility.
Exercise 6.2.1: Add an Extensible Attribute
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create an extensible attribute.
Unit 7: Presentation Framework
This unit describes information about how to use the Presentation Framework to create unique User-View associations, modify existing UI screens, and create new UI screens.
Lesson 7.1: Presentation Framework
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Describe the Presentation Framework architecture.
- Identify the Application Console screen elements.
- Work with UI resources to customize screen layout and behavior.
- Change the basic look and feel of the Application Console by using menus, themes, and logos.
Exercise 7.1.1: Viewing the Order Entity
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- View the various resources that form an entity.
Exercise 7.1.2: Associating an User with a View
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Create a view for a specific user.
Exercise 7.1.3: Presentation Framework
Duration: 30 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Build custom console screens to meet the requirements of the organization.
Unit 8: Web UI Framework
This unit provides a brief overview about the framework on which Sterling Business Center and Sterling Field Sales are developed. It also provides detailed procedure on how to extend these applications.
Lesson 8.1: Web UI Framework
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- The underlying framework of Sterling Business Center and Sterling Field Sales.
- Web UI Framework and its components such as screens, mashups, and struts.
- Loading of screens and pages, and the data flow.
- Extensibility in terms of extending a screen and the required components.
Exercise 8.1.1: Setting up Extensibility Environment
Duration: 15 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Launch the Extensibility Workbench in the Sterling Business Center application.
Exercise 8.1.2: Web UI Extensibility
Duration: 1 hour
Learning objectives:
- Creating a new screen in SBC using Designer Workbench.
Unit 9: Case Study
This unit provides a scenario-based case study to reinforce the concepts. The process to extend the database by adding a custom column is explained in detail. Additionally, you modify the UI screens to display and populate this new column.
Lesson 9.1: Case Study
Duration: 3 hours
Learning objectives:
- Create a custom column
- Modify the UI screens to display and populate a new column
- Course Wrap Up
Duration: 10 minutes
Learning objectives:
- Explain how the course met its learning objectives.
- Submit an evaluation of the class.
- Identify other IBM Education courses related to this topic.
- Locate appropriate resources for further study.