Your system administrator (and possibly your site developer) is responsible for configuring Commerce Server Business Desk to meet your business needs, and for ensuring that you have access to the data you need to analyze and update your Web site.
The system administrator configures and maintains Business Desk by using Commerce Server Manager. Commerce Server Manager is a Windows-based application, not a Web-based one; you cannot access it remotely.
The following table lists some of the tasks your system administrator performs to configure Commerce Server. If you have questions about these tasks or about other site functionality, contact your system administrator.
Category
System administrator tasks
Analysis
If needed, assigns specific Microsoft SQL Server database roles to Business Desk users, allowing some users to read and save reports, while others can only read reports.
Imports site data to the Data Warehouse, so you can run reports.
Builds new Segment models, so you can perform segment analysis.
Builds new Prediction models, so you can export affinity lists to the List Manager module.
Campaigns
Determines when and how often advertising and discount campaign items are updated on your production site.
Provides the connection string and SQL query for you to generate lists directly from your SQL Server database.
Catalogs
Determines when and how often catalog updates are made to your production site.
Converts external catalogs to Extensible Markup Language (XML) or comma-separated values (CSV) file format, so you can import them.
Sets up BizTalk Server, so you can exchange catalogs and documents with trading partners.
Sets the following Commerce Server properties:
The language (locale) for the Web site (1031 = German, 1033 = English, 1034 = Spanish, 1036 = French, 1041 = Japanese).
The locale for formatting the base currency.
Alternate currency options to enable the display of two currencies simultaneously.
The unit of measure for weights for calculating product shipping costs (for example, kilograms or pounds).
BizTalk Server integration options, enabling you to send and receive catalogs from trading partners.
Orders
Defines the payment types supported by your site: credit card, account billing, or both.
Profiles
Adds profile definitions.
Adds data sources that control where profile data is stored.
Sets the following Commerce Server properties:
Site registration options that enable users to register at your site.
Address book options that enable your site to support an address book feature.
Login options that determine when users must log in to the site: login when they enter the site, login optional upon entering the site, require login at time of purchase, or login optional at any time.
The number of times users are prompted to type their user name and password before a message instructing them to call customer service is displayed.
Security
Adds Windows accounts, and then assigns Business Desk users to the accounts. You can then use Business Desk to assign specific permissions to each account.