SAOP iCenter is intended for larger companies with more demanding business processes. iCenter is installed in the user's environment, so the user manages the database themselves. The system allows connection via an API interface, which has endpoints exposed through the Swagger interface.
Functionality
The synchronization system currently enables the following functionalities:
- Product synchronization: The synchronization system regularly aligns the Magento online store with the SAOP iCenter. It retrieves products and their stock from the SAOP iCenter and sends values via the Magento REST service to the Magento database. Depending on the configuration, the system can be set to enter new products into Magento itself, or the user can do this.
- Subject synchronization: The synchronization system ensures the alignment of subjects between Magento and the SAOP iCenter. It reads orders via the REST service and, if the subject of the order does not exist in the SAOP iCenter, it enters it.
- Transfer of orders from Magento to SAOP iCenter: The synchronization system reads orders from Magento via the REST service and enters them into the SAOP iCenter via the API interface. It ensures the synchronization of products and subjects. Currently, order statuses are not returned from SAOP to Magento.
- Transfer of invoices from SAOP iCenter to Magento: The system reads invoices via the API interface and sends them to Magento via the REST service. The REST service in Magento is upgraded, allowing the synchronizer to also send attachments. Attachments are invoices obtained from the SAOP iCenter.
Technical solution
The synchronization system is developed in Java Spring Boot technology and can run on any operating system. It is built generically, allowing easy switching between any final system, enabling the end-user to choose the ERP solution that suits them best.
Due to its design, it also includes connectors for ESB such as Kafka, which activates an event-based system instead of regular time triggering, allowing orders to be transferred in real-time.
The synchronization system is fully configurable and can be adapted to the user and their processes to the greatest extent possible.
Processing online store orders
Orders are normally processed in iCenter - similar to manual creation. In the case of the synchronizer, it pushes them into iCenter so that no data rewriting is necessary. There, orders are processed and an invoice is created from them. The system then transfers this invoice back to Magento as an attachment and sends it via email. Such an order goes into invoiced or order processing. If the order already has processed delivery (shipped), the order is completed (complete). Otherwise, confirm the delivery via Magento administration, and once both statuses are confirmed, the matter is concluded. The order invoice is automatically dispatched, and you only need to dispatch the ordered items. If you use one of our modules, you can also print labels via the store administration, which you attach to the package.
