Transport Framework

This section describes how to create and edit transport configurations with the transport framework.

Regarding online shops there is a large amount of data import and export processes. Product data and price data has to be imported, order data has to be exported. The origins of the product and price data are often files from another server. The target destination of the order data is also often another server. The Transport Framework can transport files from a location of the network to another, where they can be processed.

Functionality

The Transport Framework allows to perform file transports via SFTP, FTP, HTTP, Azure or e-mail.

For SFTP, FTP and Azure, pushing and pulling are possible. Because of the nature of HTTP and e-mail, files can only be read from HTTP and sent by mail.

Preconditions

  • To access the Transport Framework, the user must have the access privilege of a Transport Manager who is responsible for creating, editing and deleting a file transport process configuration.

    Refer to Managing Administration User Access Privileges for detailed information on how to achieve this.

Configuration List

  1. From the left menu, select Transport Configuration.
    The transport configuration list is displayed.
  2. Use the Domain drop-down list to specify the required domain and click Apply.
    If there are configurations defined already, they are listed.

Creating a New Configuration

  1. From the left menu, select Transport Configuration.
    The transport configuration list is displayed.
  2. Use the Domain drop-down list to specify the required domain and click Apply.
    If there are configurations defined already, they are listed.
  3. Enter a name.
  4. Select a type:
    • EMAIL
    • HTTP
    • FTP
    • SFTP
    • AZURE
  5. Click Add.
    The configuration's detail page is displayed.

Editing a Configuration

  1. From the left menu, select Transport Configuration.
    The transport configuration list is displayed.
  2. Use the Domain drop-down list to specify the required domain and click Apply.
    The corresponding transport configurations are listed.
  3. Click the name of the configuration you intend to edit.
    The configuration's detail view is displayed.
  4. Enter the required parameters.
  5. Click Apply.
Note:
Note that the input fields only have basic validation. For example, if an URL is required, there is only a check that the entered string can be parsed as a URL, but there is no check if the endpoint exists.

Deleting a Configuration

  1. From the left menu, select Transport Configuration.
    The transport configuration list is displayed.
  2. Use the Domain drop-down list to specify the required domain and click Apply.
    The corresponding transport configurations are listed.
  3. Mark the checkbox of the according configuration.
    You may select multiple configurations at once.
  4. Click Delete. Confirm the deletion with OK.

Execution of Transport Jobs

A transport configuration can be executed via a job in the Intershop System Management application.

For basic information on how to schedule and execute jobs, refer to the chapter Schedules in the Intershop System Management user manual.

For a step-by-step guide on how to execute a transport configuration, refer to Guide - Transport Framework in the Intershop Knowledge Base.