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What's New in WebLogic Commerce and WebLogic Personalization Server 3.2?

New Java 2 SDK for Enhanced Performance

The BEA Weblogic Commerce Server and WebLogic Personalization Server now require the Java 2 SDK with the HotSpot Server Virtual Machine. Using the Java 2 SDK with HotSpot may enhance performance for your production environment.

E-Marketing Analysis Using Broadbase

This release of the BEA WebLogic Commerce and Personalization Server provides integration with Broadbase for customer analysis. The user profile, customer, and order information can be extracted from the Commerce and Personalization Server database and used to enable E-Marketing analysis within Broadbase. Please contact Broadbase Software, Inc. for more information.

Scripts to Create, Export, and Import Oracle Data Objects

Release 3.2 introduces scripts that you can use to create Oracle tablespaces and user accounts for the Weblogic Commerce Server and Personalization Server database schema. It also introduces scripts that you can use to export the Oracle database objects from a source environment and import them into a destination environment. With these export/import scripts, you can move data from a staging environment into your production environment without having to recreate all your content.

New and Improved Documentation

The Deployment Guide describes setting up the BEA WebLogic Commerce Server and Personalization Server for use with an Oracle database, exporting Oracle data objects from one environment to the next (for example, from a development environment to a staging environment), and deploying a Web application. It also describes each section in the weblogiccommerce.properties file, and documents how to set environment variables and start the server without using the default set-environment and StartCommerce files.

The Migration Guide now describes how to upgrade Oracle database schemas to the WebLogic Commerce and Personalization Server 3.2 schema.

The Product Catalog JSP Templates and Tag Library document contains more detailed information that will help you customize the product catalog JSP templates and use the catalog JSP tags. Additionally, a new chapter on Product Catalog Internationalization Support provides valuable information for businesses looking to provide their customers with multi-language product catalogs. New information about using the wlcs-catalog.properties file to edit the catalog schema definition has also been included.

What's New in WebLogic Commerce Server 3.2?

International Tax Support

The WORLDTAX System from TAXWARE International, Inc. is the most comprehensive calculation system for international taxes available in the industry. The WORLDTAX System calculates and reports Value Added Tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST), sales tax, and consumption tax in many countries. BEA has tested the countries of France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom for accuracy with the WebLogic Commerce Server.

Webflow and Pipeline Editor

The BEA WebLogic Commerce Server now includes the Webflow and Pipeline Editor, a JSP-based administration tool specifically designed to help you modify the default webflow.properties and pipeline.properties configuration files. It also provides you with validation tools that enable you to check the syntax of your Webflow and verify whether the necessary components exist within the Webflow. By modifying and validating your Webflow with the Webflow and Pipeline Editor, you can eliminate errors that may otherwise be difficult to track.

What's New in WebLogic Personalization Server 3.2?

getProperty JSP Tag Added to Content Management

A new JSP tag, <cm:getProperty>, has been added to Content Management. The <cm:getProperty> tag can be used to retrieve the value of the specified content metadata property into a variable specified by a resultId.

baseHref Attribute Added to <cm:printDoc> JSP Tag

A new attribute, baseHref, has been added to the <cm:printDoc> tag. This attribute contains the URL of the document's base HREF.