In this Functional Architect Exam Preparation Training, participants revise their knowledge on how to use commercetools functionality to meet unique business requirements. They review important concepts related to the commercetools approach to product data modeling, pricing, shipping, discounts and much more. Complex hands-on use cases and intensive quizzes test the learner’s readiness for taking the commercetools certification test.
After registration course participants will be given a self-study guide using freely available resources on docs.commercetools.com. Participants are expected to have done this learning on their own in preparation for this course. The course will apply this knowledge to selected, complex case study tasks that are then solved in breakout groups or open discussions. Selected tasks will also be solved using the Merchant Center User Interface.
- 4.5 hours including two 15 minutes breaks
- about 10 days of upfront self-study depending on the learner’s pre-knowledge
- Functional and System Analysts
- Technical Consultants
- Project Leads
- Solution Architects
- Technical Management
Design and configure eCommerce solutions with key commercetools functionality, including products, prices and discounts
Create and manage resources in the commercetools business user interface (the Merchant Center)
Understand platform customization and extensibility options at a higher level
Be able to apply acquired knowledge and best practices to typical industry standard use cases
Extensive self-study to have aquired good knowledge of the commercetools platform
Good understanding of typical and advanced customer specific eCommerce business requirements
No programming skills required
Getting to know commercetools
Introduction to commercetools
Functionality overview
Touchpoints and regions
The commercetools mindset
The Merchant Center
Understanding organizations
Setting up projects
Creating teams and assigning permissions
Creating and managing resources
Products and Categories
Introduction to the commercetools product data model
Utilizing attribute data types
Creating appropriate product types, products and product bundles
Designing simple and advanced product models
Product tagging and grouping with categories
Customizing Resources
Using custom types to create customized fields
Using custom objects to store arbitrary data
Channels and Stores
Using channels to model supply chains
Creating inventories for stock level management
Creating stores for separating resources by location or brand
Discussing more complex commercetools project infrastructure setup
Pricing
Understanding the commercetools pricing engine
Creating simple and advanced price models
Using tiered pricing
Advanced external pricing strategies
Checkout
Using carts and orders creating customized checkouts
Understanding tax, tax calculation and inventory modes
Understanding cart merging options
Designing simple and advanced shipping methods
Discounts and Promotions
Creating simple and advanced cart discounts
Creating simple and advanced product discounts
Connecting discount codes to cart discounts
Technical Features Overview
Understanding search, filters, range filters and facet options while fetching product data
Using state machines for implementing custom workflows
Subscribing to messages to trigger asynchronous events
Designing API extensions for synchronous extension of commercetools features
Customizing the Merchant Center
Tips for implementation and deployment
The training calendar is updated daily. If you do not find an open slot, wish to add a private class or would like to discuss additional, alternative dates, please contact the training department. We will get back to you very shortly.