Using PCC AD eCommerce Connector

AD eCommerce is Affiliated Distributors’ digital ecosystem that helps distributors and suppliers succeed online with enriched product content, scalable storefronts, and streamlined syndication.

The PCC AD eCommerce Connector enables seamless integration between PCC with your AD eCommerce account. Once connected, you can import product information, taxonomies, attributes, SKUs, and Digital Assets directly into PCC, either on a schedule or manual imports.

This new connector supports inbound integration, allowing for complete Catalog synchronization and streamlined onboarding. By automating data transfers, it eliminates manual steps, ensures faster and more accurate imports, and keeps product data consistent across platforms.

Click the View Detailsicon to view the details and features of the connector and the following is displayed.

Configuring the AD eCommerce Connector

You need to configure the connector and add the token and API path for setting up the store. Once the store is configured, the Product Information present in the PCC catalog can be exported to the relevant store in the AD eCommerce platform.

To add a new AD eCommerce store configuration:

1. Go to the PCC Platform Connectors screen and click the Set Configurations  icon available for AD eCommerce as shown below.

2. Click Add New Store Configuration and the following dialog box appears to add the store details.

3. Type the Store Name, that is, the name of the AD eCommerce store to which the product is to be mapped from PCC. For example, Test store.

4. Copy-paste the API Path, that is, the URL of the AD eCommerce store (in this case Test store) to be configured.

5. Enter the following details:

   • Password

   • Port Number

   • Username  

   • Virtual Host

6. Once all the values are entered, click the Add Store. If the details are not valid, an error is displayed as follows.

When you get the above error, make the necessary changes and ensure that the connection is valid.

8. Once the store is added successfully it is visible in the list as shown below.

The following table lists the various fields along with its description that are visible on the Setup Credentials screen.

You can sort / filter the data in the columns in ascending or descending order as needed. By default, the latest store created is displayed first based on the date when it was created in descending order.

Editing the Store Configuration

Sometimes, the connectors might have some updates (a new feature / version update) which might result changes in the stores configured. You can edit the details configured in case of any such changes.

To edit the store configured:

1. In the Actions column, click the Edit Store Configuration icon next to the store to be edited. The following screen appears.

Make the changes as needed and click Edit Store. The details are updated successfully.

Deleting the Store Configuration

You can also delete the store configured if the store is no longer required for mapping the Attribute details.

To delete the store configured:

1. In the Actions column, click the Delete Store Configuration icon next to the store to be deleted. The following screen appears.

       Details about the store to be deleted are displayed.

2. Click Delete Store and the store is deleted successfully.

Importing Data Directly from AD eCommerce using API

This option will directly import/ sync the selected SKUs from AD eCommerce. All the mapped attributes present in the selected categories / entire catalog, depending on the option selected during import will be synced from AD eCommerce directly.

There are two parts to the import here:

• Triggering Export in AD eCommerce

• Importing Data into PCC

Triggering Export in AD eCommerce Connector

Follow the steps to initiate the export process in AD eCommerce connector.

1. Login to AD eCommerce and click on the hamburger icon at the top left.

   

2. Click the Export > Export Configuration.

   You’ll land on the following page:

   

3. Click the respective data’s checkbox to select the data which you want to export.

   

4. Click Edit.

   

   You’ll land on the following page where you can see the export details as shown below:

   

5. Scroll on the left menu band and click Run Export > Export Schedule Issues.

   

6. Select the export under Export Schedule and click Edit.

   

   You’ll land on the General Info section.

7. Click on the icon to edit, select Yes under Export Now and click Save.

   

   Once the record is successfully saved, it will trigger an export.

8. Click the refresh icon to see the latest export and verify the export under Export Log.

   You can view the total number of SKUs in the NO OF RECORDS column. To download to review the exported SKUs, click Go under LOGFILE column.

The export is now triggered from the AD eCommerce.

Note: Exported data from AD is first stored in a message queue (e.g., a RabbitMQ server). PCC then retrieves and imports the data from this storage.

Importing into PCC

Now the next step is to start importing on PCC. To view details on importing the product data from AD eCommerce connector to PCC, refer to Connector section.

To know more about processing the imported file. refer to How to Process the Imported File section.

Post Successful Import

Once the file is completely imported you can see the count of SKUs imported should be same as the count under No. of records in Export Log section of AD eCommerce Connector.