Configuring System Settings Using Commerce Manager

The Commerce Manager is a web application that enables you to manage online stores running on the Elastic Path platform. Users with administrative privileges are able to use the Commerce Manager to modify Elastic Path System Settings.

Setting Elastic Path System Settings

1. Log on to the Commerce Manager.

2. Click on the Configuration icon.

3. In the Configuration menu, choose System Configuration.

4. In the Filter, type in the name of the setting you want to change.

5. In the Setting Name menu, select the setting you want to change.

6. Click the Edit... button located at the top left of the System Configuration tab.

7. Replace the Default Value with your new system setting.

8. Click Save to apply your changes.

   Your new setting will take effect according to the setting’s Refresh Strategy.

Requesting Search Index Rebuilds

You can request rebuilds for the many search indexes from the Commerce Manager. This is useful you want to reflect a recent update in the indexes before the next scheduled rebuild.

1. Log on to the Commerce Manager.

2. Click on the Configuration icon.

3. In the Configuration menu, click Search Indexes.

   The list of search indexes appears, indicating the name, last rebuild time, and status, of each index.

4. Select the index you want to rebuild.

5. Click Rebuild Index.

Setting Refresh Strategy

Application administrators can change system values at any time through the configuration area in the Commerce Manager. A suitable setting refresh strategy should be selected to balance responsiveness with system performance.

There are three types of refresh strategies:

• Application
• Interval
• Immediate

Application refresh strategy

Settings that use the application refresh strategy are only updated after the application is restarted.

Interval refresh strategy

Settings that use the interval refresh strategy are cached and are only refreshed after a specified period of time. As a result, users do not see changes to these settings until the cache interval expires.

When this strategy is used, the setting value must specify the name of one of the cache settings. The value of the specified cache setting indicates the refresh interval.

Immediate refresh strategy

Settings that use the immediate refresh strategy are not cached. As soon as the administrator changes a setting, the change is applied. Since the values are not cached, the database must be queried every time they are required.

This may cause some performance degradation in high-traffic areas of the system.

Modifying a setting’s refresh strategy

1. Log on to the Commerce Manager.

2. Click on the Configuration icon.

3. In the Configuration menu, choose System Configuration.

4. Select the setting.

5. Expand Setting Definition Metadata.

6. Select refreshStrategy and click Edit.

7. Modify the refresh strategy’s Value.

8. Click Save.