Keep the following points in mind as you prepare to publish changes:
Commerce Cloud does not use versioning for items you edit. There is only one version of each item in your system. The most recent updates to an item are the ones that will be published. For example, suppose a merchandiser changes the long description and list price of a product and then saves her changes but does not publish them. Later that day, her manager changes the product’s list price again, saves his changes, and publishes the changes. The most recent changes to the product – the merchandiser’s long description and her manager’s list price – are published.
You can publish all publishable changes that were made since the last publish operation or you can pick specific changes to publish. For example, suppose two merchandisers are working on different sections of your store. One is working on a promotion campaign that is due next month and the other has imported and updated new catalog items that need to appear on your store right away. You can publish the catalog changes but not the promotion changes.
Certain changes you make to the catalog, such as creating a new product type, appear in the Final Review list as a single item called Catalog Configuration. These changes will automatically be published during the next publishing operation and cannot be deselected. Click the Catalog Configuration item in the list to see all the changes that will be published.
You cannot roll back or undo published changes.
While changes are being published, you will not be able to work with your catalog, design items, dashboard, or settings.
Although you cannot use the administration interface, programs that implement the Commerce Cloud REST APIs might still attempt to update endpoints while changes are being published. During a publish operation, Commerce Cloud responds to all PUT or POST calls to endpoints that update publishable resources with HTTP status code 503, Service Unavailable.
Not all changes need to be published. Some changes take effect as soon as you save them. You do not need to publish the following types of changes:
Shopper settings, such as changes to the password policy.
Access control settings, such as changes to profiles.
Inventory updates.
If your store supports account-based commerce, account, contact, and contract settings.
