You can create a new pipeline only in the Win32®-based version of the Pipeline Editor.
Commerce Server version 3.0 provides the following standard templates on which you can base a new pipeline. The template files on which you base the new pipeline have the .pct file extension (pipeline configuration template). When you save the new template, it is saved with the standard .pcf file extension (pipeline configuration file).
| Template name | Description |
|---|---|
| CorpPurchaseSubmit.pct | Two-stage corporate purchasing pipeline, contains Purchase Order Validate and Purchase Order Submit stages. |
| CorpPurchasingPlan.pct | Fourteen-stage corporate purchasing pipeline, contains Requisition Item Info, Supplier Information, Buyer Information, Requisition Initialization, Requisition Check, Requisition Item Price, Requisition Item Adjust Price, Requisition Adjust Price, Requisition Subtotal, Shipping, Handling, Tax, Requisition Total, and Inventory stages. |
| plan.pct | Fourteen-stage order processing pipeline (OPP); contains Product Info, Merchant Information, Shopper Information, Order Initialization, Order Check, Item Price, Item Adjust Price, Order Adjust Price, Order Subtotal, Shipping, Handling, Tax, Order Total, and Inventory stages. |
| product.pct | Five-stage OPP; contains Product Info, Shopper Information, Item Price, Item Adjust Price, and Inventory stages. |
| purchase.pct | Three-stage OPP; contains only the final Purchase Check, Payment, and Accept stages. |
| transmit.pct | Commerce Interchange transmit pipeline; contains Map, Sign, Encrypt, Transport, and Audit stages. |
| receive.pct | Commerce Interchange receive pipeline; contains Transport, Decrypt, Verify, Map, and Application Integration stages. |
The template provides a preconfigured pipeline. You can change the names of stages, but you cannot delete or add a stage.
Deleting all the components in a stage does not necessarily provide the same effect as deleting the stage would. Many stages have required components that do not appear in the Pipeline Editor, and those components run even though the stage appears empty in the Pipeline Editor. The Save Values Read & Written command on the Pipeline Editor’s File menu displays a text file that shows the values of the required components as well as all the other components (see Creating a List of Values Read and Written).
You can add or delete any component in any stage.