Overview of Commerce Server Architecture
At a high level, Commerce Server is comprised of five main systems: the Business Analytics System, the Product Catalog System, the Targeting System, the Profiling System, and the Business Processing Pipelines System. Each of these systems is designed to be easily customizable by a site developer to meet your business needs.
Business managers use Commerce Server Business Desk to work with the Commerce Server systems, for example, to update catalogs, target content to users, profile users and organizations, and analyze site usage and productivity. System administrators use Commerce Server Manager to configure the system resources and manage the applications, databases, and Web servers.
Commerce Server systems, Business Desk, Commerce Server Manager, and the Commerce Server databases are preconfigured and packaged in the Solution Sites, which site developers can use as a starting point for building a custom site and integrating third-party applications.
The following figure provides an overview of the Commerce Server architecture.
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Solution Sites
Commerce Server Manager
Business Desk
Business Analytic System
Targetting System
Product Catalog System
Profiling System
Business Processing Pipeline Systems
SQL Server
SQL Server
SQL Server
ODBC
LDAP
Commerce Server Data Warehouse
Catalogs, Campaigns, Orders
Profiles
Other Applications