New Features and Enhancements in SAP Commerce Cloud 1905

SAP Commerce Cloud 1905 is released. So the question is, what is unique in the recent release that can be considered a significant change or breakthrough? Let’s have a look at the most critical changes given below:

  • SAP Cloud Platform Extension Factory Integration

  • Spartacus JS Storefront Support with SmartEdit

  • Enhancements in Promotion and Rule Engine

  • SmartEdit Enhancements

  • Spartacus JS Storefront

  • SAP Integrations Enhancements

SAP Cloud Platform Extension Factory Integration with SAP Commerce Cloud

  1. SAP Cloud Platform Extension Factory is the cloud-native innovation and agility platform
  2. New customization layer for SAP Commerce Cloud, using microservices to customize standard functions of SAP Commerce Cloud without compromising on upgradability
  3. Build additional features and enhance existing ones by binding any SAP Commerce Cloud events to any microservice deployed on Extension Factory
Benefits
  • Boost innovation to gain and keep a competitive advantage
  • Increase speed and agility to differentiate in the market
  • Reduce complexity and increase efficiency with one common platform, consistency in extensions, and leveraging existing investments in applications

Spartacus JS Storefront

Spartacus JS Storefront Support with SmartEdit

  1. SmartEdit users can now
    • Use existing SmartEdit features to create and manage the content of Spartacus JS storefronts
    • Preview changes in context, and
    • Create targeted experiences with Personalization based on SmartEdit
Benefits
  • Increase conversion and drive customer engagement by triggering tailor-made experiences
  • Create 5-star customer experiences with personalized content
  • Improve time-to-market by improving business user efficiency

SmartEdit Enhancements

  1. SmartEdit now offers Workflows
    • Two sample workflows are provided for content review & approval
    • Admins can create their templates in the Backoffice Administration Cockpit
  2. Page status management:
    • Only ready pages can be synched to the Online catalog
    • SmartEdit automatically assigns a status to a page
    • Users with appropriate permission can manually change the status of a page to Ready to Sync
Benefits
  • Improve business user experience and efficiency
  • Reduce errors and risk to maximize the customer experience
  • Increase conversion by triggering tailor-made experiences

Enhancements in Promotion and Rule Engine

  1. Option to disable Order Entry Consumption
    • Order Entry Consumption ensures that only one promotion applies to each product
  2. "Most Expensive" Selection Strategy
    • Promotions now include "Most Expensive" selection strategy to determine which products are included in the promotion, if multiple products in the cart are eligible for the promotion.
Benefits
  • Improve the customer experience by custom-tailored promotions
  • Drive sales and increase conversion
  • Increase customer loyalty and retention

SAP Integration Enhancements

  1. SAP Commerce Cloud integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    • New SCPI package is available for a B2B scenario
    • Best Practices for Integration using SCPI to set up an E2E order management process for B2B Commerce
  2. SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP back-end integration with Order Management for SAP Commerce Cloud
    • Leverage sourcing capabilities from Order Management Services in combination with Order Fulfillment features from SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP using the single order process
Benefits
  • Safeguard and facilitate integration projects with OOTB integration content and unlocking efficiencies.
  • Drive customer engagement with more end-to-end processes and improve the customer experience

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1 Comment

  1. mani says:

    thanks for this great information

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