1. Implementation Guide
  2. Integration with Merchandising
  3. Module Setup in Retail Home (Gen 2 Architecture)

Module Setup in Retail Home (Gen 2 Architecture)

Before you configure any individual jobs in POM itself, it is best to set up your Customer Modules in Retail Home to reflect your planned data flows. Go to the Customer Modules Management screen as an administrator user and review the options following this guidance:

  •  Under the RAP > RAP_COMMON section:

    • Enable or disable the BATCH modules per your functional needs (enable everything if unsure).

    • Disable the HISTORY module if you are planning to immediately start loading Merchandising data. Enable it if you will load history data using CSV file interfaces.

    • Enable or disable the AIF modules based on your AI Foundation solution plans. Ensure AIF > CONTROLFILES is disabled as RDE jobs supercede this functionality.

    • Enable the RDE_CE and RDE_RMS modules fully, depending on which source applications are available in your environments.

    • Disable RDXBATCH if you are not using any Planning solution in RAP or enable it if you do plan to use MFP, AP, or IPO.

    • Disable SIBATCH and SICONTROLFILES module sets, because they are superceded by RDE integration.

    • Disable the ZIP_FILES modules unless you have a need for one of them for non-Mechandising data.

  •  (For RI customers) Under the RI > RCI section, enable or disable the module depending on your plans to use Retail Insights customer-related functionality. Disable the RI > RCI > CONTROLFILES and SICONTROLFILES modules, because RDE jobs replace this functionality. The BATCH modules can be left enabled if you are unsure whether these modules are needed.

  •  (For RI customers) Under the RI > RMI section, enable or disable the module depending on your plans to use Retail Insights merchandising-related functionality. Disable the RI > RMI > CONTROLFILES and SICONTROLFILES modules, because RDE jobs replace this functionality. The BATCH modules can be left enabled if you are unsure whether these modules are needed.

Once all modules are configured, go back into the POM Batch Administration UI and perform a Sync with MDF action on the AIF DATA schedule. This is a one-time activity to streamline the POM schedule setup, after which you will want to perform a review of the POM schedule and refine the enabled/disabled jobs further to cover any specific file or data requirements.

Even if you are not syncing with MDF at this time, you must still perform the Retail Home setup because the CONTROLFILES and SICONTROLFILES modules are used implicitly by AIF DATA schedule programs to know which data files to expect in the batch runs. Any misconfiguration could lead to the program DAT_FILE_VALIDATE_JOB failing or running for several hours while waiting for data files you didn’t provide. Similarly, if you misconfigure the ZIP_FILES modules, then you will encounter errors/delays in the ZIP_FILE_WAIT_JOB as it looks for the expected ZIP files.