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Fluent Commerce staff
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8 Feb 2024
The Fluent Big Inventory Web App simplifies inventory management with key features like the Feeds Dashboard, Products, and Inventory sections. Gain real-time insights into feeds, efficiently manage products, and ensure robust inventory control. Whether tracking sources, managing stores, or accessing comprehensive insights, this app delivers a seamless user experience for optimal business value.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
30 Jan 2024
The Fluent Big Inventory Web App is a web-based interface designed to streamline the management of products, inventory, feeds, and sources. Key functionalities encompass:
Each section contributes essential reference capabilities integrated into the Fluent Big Inventory Web App to offer an unparalleled user experience and deliver value across diverse business scenarios.
Implementing the Fluent Big Inventory Web App has the following benefits:
Fluent Big Inventory is an application, powered by our UX framework. The UX framework allows our Customers and Partners to easily configure or extend each feature to match their business needs.
Inventory Update Overview provides a comprehensive dashboard view of the inventory management system. Users can track the following data:
Feeds Insights provides users a comprehensive dashboard view of their inventory feeds over the past 24 hours.
Product Management is where users can manage everything related to their product SKUs. It encompasses the management of Product Catalogues, Products, and Categories.
Inventory management provides a comprehensive range of capabilities. Users can oversee inventory visibility, allocation, stock quantity (Stock on Hand - SOH), and inventory status, get insights into available-to-promise inventory levels, and strategically employ inventory buffers to prevent product overselling. Read more about Inventory management capabilities.
The Admin Module in the Fluent Big Inventory Web App offers a suite of administrative features to manage the system efficiently:
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
1 Mar 2024
The Sources Dashboard allows customers to understand the current state of Inventory Ingestion within their account. Customers can understand how their inventory is processed and monitor the execution flow in real time.
The Sources Dashboard visualizes inventory metrics and displays user-friendly information by querying inventory-related metrics data.
The data is presented for up to the last 24 hours. You can read more about how to configure periods in the guide.
The Sources Dashboard contains Overview and Sources sections.
Overview Section
The Overview section contains five cards: Status, Time to Complete Current Queue, Last Update Received, Total Failures, and Inventory Update by Source.
The Status card displays inventory events data for a selected period. The data is presented in 2 charts:
The gauge chart displays the total number of events for the selected period. The chart supports colored thresholds configured via a setting. Read more about colored thresholds in this guide.
The bar chart shows the same data as a gauge chart but is divided by minutes. The chart includes failures, represented with split colors for clarity.
The Time to Complete Current Queue card displays the estimated time required to complete the current queue of updates.
The Last Update Received card displays the time since the last inventory update event was received.
The Total Failures card displays an aggregated number of the Inventory problems or anomalies based on the Metrics data for a selected period.
The Total Failures value is clickable, redirecting to the Events page pre-filtered to enable users to identify the specific Inventory Events that have failed.
The Inventory Update by Source card displays inventory event data for a selected period divided by sources.
Sources Section
Inventory-related metrics data represents events by different sources (e.g., batch, ERP, POS, etc.). The source is an event attribute.
The Sources section contains a table with the listed inventory sources. The table displays the following information:
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Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
8 Feb 2024
The Feeds Dashboard contains general information about inventory feeds for an account for the selected periods (default periods are: last 30 minutes, last 1 hour, last 8 hours, last 24 hours). You can read more about how to configure periods in this guide.
The Feeds Dashboard contains Overview and Feeds sections.
Overview
The Overview section contains three cards: Output Volume, Total Running Feeds, and Time Since Last Activity.
The Output Volume card displays the number of records in the inventory feed for a selected period. The data is presented in 2 charts:
The gauge chart shows the total items output for a set period. The chart supports colored thresholds configured via a setting. Read more about colored thresholds In this guide.
The area chart displays the same data as a gauge chart divided by minutes, e.g., in the last 30 minutes, the feed has run ten times, and the chart displays the number of records in each feed.
The Total Running Feeds card displays the number of feeds running now. In case there is no running feed, 0 is shown.
The Time Since Last Activity card displays how long since a feed last finished.
Feeds Section
The Feeds section contains a table with a list of all inventory feeds. The table displays the following information: Feed Ref, Latest Activity, and Status (Active or Inactive).
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
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8 Feb 2024
The Product module is a collection of products and any attributes and details associated with each product in the category.
The Products module of the Fluent Big Inventory app provides comprehensive capabilities:
The module contains the following configurations:
Features
The Products module provides several features that allow management of products efficiently.
Manage Product Catalogues
The Products module allows users to create and manage product catalogues.
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing Product Catalogues, check out the following guide:
Categories
Products can be associated with categories and sub-categories.
The Categories page displays the list of all available categories. Clicking
`Ref`The detail view consists of the following tabs:
Product Catalogues
A 'Product Catalogue' stores all the Products a retailer wants to sell and contains information that helps identify each product (e.g., name, color, description, product code).
A retailer can have one or more Product Catalogues containing all their products. Each Product Catalogue type has a corresponding workflow, referred to as 'Product Catalogue Workflow', used to orchestrate products in the Product Catalogue. The retailer can configure workflows to add their specific business logic.
Product Catalogue Entities
The Product Catalogues configuration displays the list of all available product catalogues. Clicking
`Ref`The detail view consists of the following tabs:
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
8 May 2024
The Inventory module of the Fluent Web app provides comprehensive inventory management capabilities:
The module contains the following configurations:
Inventory Catalogues
An Inventory Catalogue consists of inventory positions that can be aggregated from multiple sources. Inventory catalogues hold stock on hand (SOH) of products, variants, and groups. The Inventory Catalogues configuration allows users to create and manage inventory catalogues.
Inventory Catalogue configuration contains the list of inventory catalogues for a particular retailer. Clicking
`Catalogue Ref`
Control Groups
Control Groups manage buffers and safety stock when providing virtual inventory to sales channels.
Control Groups configuration contains the list of control groups for a particular retailer. Clicking
`Ref`
Virtual Catalogues
Virtual Catalogues represent fast-moving dynamic data such as buffered inventory and multiple dynamic inventory counters. A Virtual Catalogue commonly consists of virtual positions based on products in a location, products in a network, and products in a category based on the requirements of retailers.
Virtual catalogue configuration contains the list of virtual catalogues for a particular retailer. Clicking
`Ref`
Cross-Catalogue Views
Cross-Catalogue Views represent displaying information from the cross-catalogue perspective (Virtual Catalogue, Inventory Catalogue, and Control Group) for a particular retailer.
Location Inventory Views
Location Inventory Views represent inventory from a location perspective. The Location Inventory Views page displays the list of locations.
Features
The Inventory module provides several features that allow to manage inventory efficiently.
Manage Control Groups
Control Groups represent the collection of controls for a particular Virtual Catalogue. As standard, a Control Group is created for each Virtual Catalogue with the Control Group reference added to the
`controlGroupRef`A Control represents a specific value to be applied as part of a Virtual Position's AVAILABLE TO SELL calculation. Controls can be of multiple types, each determining how the control is applied and to what Virtual Positions. These can be prioritized to be calculated in specific orders or instead of other Controls.
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing Control Groups, check out the following guide.
Manage Virtual Catalogues
The Virtual Catalogue module allows users to create and manage virtual catalogs.
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing virtual catalogs, check out the following guide.
Manage Inventory Catalogues
The InventoryCatalogue module allows users to create and manage inventory catalogs.
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing inventory catalogs, check out the following guide.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
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8 Feb 2024
The Stores module empowers retailers to enhance their operational efficiency by transforming stores into fulfillment centers and optimizing inventory management, ultimately delivering a superior customer experience through streamlined order fulfillment and improved inventory control.
The module contains the following configurations:
Features
Location Overview and Detailed Information
Store and Warehouse Details
Networks
A location is a physical place that serves as a hub for shipping and receiving items you're selling. These can include warehouses, retail stores, and third-party vendor facilities, which play a crucial role in your supply chain. In the Locations configuration, you can access the Locations List page, which presents the catalogue of existing locations. If you want to delve deeper into a particular location's specifics, click on
`Location Ref`
Stores are specific locations primarily utilized as sources of inventory for fulfilling customer orders. They also serve as collection points for customers to pick up their purchases, providing a seamless shopping experience. The Stores configuration includes the Stores List page, where you can view the existing stores. If you click on
`Ref`
Warehouses are centralized locations dedicated to stocking inventory for order fulfillment. While they are essential for efficient supply chain operations, they are typically not designed for customer collection and are more focused on inventory management and distribution. In the Warehouses configuration, you'll find the Warehouses List page, offering a glimpse of the available warehouses. Clicking on
`Ref`
Networks are groups of locations organized into logical or geographic categories. They help you manage and optimize the operations of multiple locations, making it easier to coordinate order routing, inventory allocation, and other logistical aspects of your business. Clicking on (Network)
`Ref`
Authors:
Fluent Commerce staff, Kirill Gaiduk
Changed on:
15 Mar 2024
The Insights module is a comprehensive repository of system Events, representing occurrences or triggers within the Fluent Platform. These Events, like changes in inventory position or entity states, act as notifications, prompting specific workflows and providing a dynamic overview accessible through a user-friendly configuration featuring the Events Search Form, the Events Search Results, and the Event Details Drawer for efficient information retrieval.
The Insights module contains the full information about Events.
An Event represents something that has, will, or is happening within the system. An Event is typically used to ask or trigger the system to do something or log activity of what has occurred within the system.
Essentially, events are notifications within the system that various internal or external systems can consume to take further action.
The Events page is powered with the Events Search Component.
The Events Search consists of the following sections:
Events Search Form
The Search Form contains:
Events Search Results
The list of events matching the filters criteria selected is presented in a table view.
Event Details Drawer
The drawer displays a detailed information about a specific event selected from the list of Events Search Results.
Events export capability allows customers and partners to share event logs with support:
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
8 Feb 2024
The Admin module of the Fluent Web app provides comprehensive administrative capabilities to manage the entire system efficiently.
Features
The Admin module provides several features that provide comprehensive administrative capabilities to manage the system efficiently.
Manage Users
User management is critical to any application seeking a personalized and secure user experience.
For more details about the specifics of the create and edit users features, check out the following guide.
Manage Roles and Permissions
With roles and permission management, administrators can easily grant or restrict access to the application based on the user’s role or job function. By defining different roles and permissions, administrators can ensure that users only have access to the functionalities and data they need to perform their job function.
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing roles and permissions, check out the following guide.
Manage Settings
Setting management allows you to adjust the application to your business needs.
For more details about the specifics of the create and edit settings features, check out the following guide.
Retailers configuration contains the list of existing retailers. Clicking (Retailer)
`ID`
Users configuration contains the Users List page, which displays the list of existing users. This feature provides a view of all users within the Retailer, including their username, first and last name, type, roles, and status. This list is crucial for administrators to manage user access and ensure that users have the appropriate permissions to perform their tasks within the app.
Clicking the
`Username`
Roles and permission management allow control of user access to different functionalities and data.
Multiple roles allow users to perform any actions within any or all of the roles assigned to them. Roles and permission management enhances security and helps a Retailer manage a user base efficiently.
Roles & Permissions configuration contains the Roles & Permissions page, which displays each role’s list of permissions. Clicking
`Role Name`
Settings configuration allows the management of business rules by configuring settings on different levels, e.g., ACCOUNT or RETAILER. Settings configuration contains the Settings List page, which displays the list of settings. Clicking
`Setting Name`
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
8 Feb 2024
PrerequisitesCreating a Product CatalogueStep 1. Click on the CREATE CATALOGUE button on the Product Catalogues page.
Step 2. Fill in the necessary information. Some fields are mandatory. The UI will validate these fields.
Step 3. Add an attribute/attributes to a newly created Product Catalogue if necessary. Click the + ADD ATTRIBUTE button, and the Attributes form will appear.
Step 4. Click on the SUBMIT button. A new Product Catalogue is created in the System. After refreshing the page, the newly created Product Catalogue will be displayed in the Product Catalogues List.
Editing an existing Product CatalogueStep 1. Click on the EDIT button on the Product Catalogue Details page.
Step 2. Edit the Product Catalogue and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
9 Feb 2024
PrerequisitesCreating an Inventory CatalogueStep 1. Click on the CREATE CATALOGUE button on the Inventory Catalogues page.
Step 2. Fill in the necessary information. Some fields are mandatory. The UI will validate these fields.
Step 3. Add an attribute/attributes to a newly created Inventory Catalogue if necessary. Click the + ADD ATTRIBUTE button, and the Attributes form will appear.
Step 4. Click on the SUBMIT button. A new Inventory Catalogue is created in the System. After refreshing the page, the newly created Inventory Catalogue will be displayed in the Inventory Catalogues List.
Editing an existing Inventory CatalogueStep 1. Click on the EDIT button on the Inventory Catalogue Details page.
Step 2. Edit the Inventory catalogue and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
1 July 2024
Prerequisites:Mutations createSetting and updateSetting are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:
Follow the steps to create a Setting:Step 1. Click on the CREATE SETTING button on the Settings List page.
Step 2. Fill in the necessary information. Some fields are mandatory for filling, so the validation proceeds. Fields to be filled in:
Step 3. Click on the SUBMIT button. A new setting is created in the System. After refreshing the page, the newly created setting will be displayed in the Settings List.
For editing a Setting, follow the steps:Step 1. Click on the EDIT button on the Setting Details page.
Step 2. Edit the setting and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
30 Nov 2023
Prerequisites:Follow the steps to create a User:Step 1. Click on the CREATE USER button on the Users List page.
Step 2. Fill in the necessary information. Some fields are mandatory for filling, so the validation proceeds.
Step 3. Add a role/roles to a newly created user. Click on the + ADD ROLE button, and the Roles form will appear. To add context to a role, it is necessary to click on the + CONTEXT button, and inside the Role form, the Context form will appear.
Step 4. Adding an attribute/attribute to a newly created user is possible. In this case, one must click the + ADD ATTRIBUTE button, and the Attributes form will appear.
Step 5. Click on the SUBMIT button. A new user is created in the System. After refreshing the page, the newly created user will be displayed in the Users List.
For editing a User, follow the steps:Step 1. Click on the EDIT button on the User Details page.
Step 2. While editing, adding new roles/roles to a user is possible. Click on the + ADD ROLES button, and the Roles form will appear. To add context to a role, click on the + CONTEXT button, and inside the Role form Context form will appear.
Step 3. It is possible to add new attribute/attributes to the edited user. In this case, one needs to click on the + ADD ATTRIBUTE button, and the Attributes form will appear.
Step 4. Finish editing the user and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
3 May 2024
Prerequisites:
Follow the steps to create a Role:Step 1. Click on the CREATE ROLE button on the Roles & Permissions List page.
Step 2. Fill in the necessary information. Field Name is mandatory for filling, so the validation proceeds.
Step 3. To add permissions to the created role, click the +PERMISSIONS button, and the Permissions form will appear.
Step 4. Click on the SUBMIT button. A new role is created in the System. After refreshing the page, the newly created role will be displayed in the Roles & Permissions List.
For editing a Role, follow the steps:Step 1. Click on the EDIT button on the Role Details page.
Step 2. To add permissions to the edited role, click on the +PERMISSIONS button, and the Permissions form will appear.
Step 3. Deleting a newly added permission is possible by clicking on the Remove button.
Step 4. Finish editing the role and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.No change is saved.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
8 Dec 2023
Prerequisites`CONTROLGROUP_VIEW``CONTROLGROUP_CREATE``CONTROLGROUP_UPDATE`Step 1. Click on the CREATE CONTROL GROUP button on the Control Groups page.
Step 2. Fill in the necessary information. Some fields are mandatory, these fields will be validated by the UI.
Step 3. Add an attribute/attributes to a newly created Control Group if necessary. Click on the + ADD ATTRIBUTE button, and the Attributes form will appear.
Step 4. Click on the SUBMIT button. A new Control Group is created in the System. After refreshing the page, the newly created Control Group will be displayed in the Control Groups List.
For editing a Control Group, follow the steps:Step 1. Click on the EDIT button on the Control Group Details page.
Step 2. Edit the Control Group and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.
Author:
Fluent Commerce staff
Changed on:
8 Feb 2024
PrerequisitesFollow the steps to create a Virtual Catalogue:Step 1. Click on the CREATE CATALOGUE button on the Virtual Catalogues page.
Step 2. Fill in the necessary information. Some fields are mandatory, these fields will be validated by the UI.
Step 3. Add an attribute/attributes to a newly created Virtual Catalogue if necessary. Click the + ADD ATTRIBUTE button, and the Attributes form will appear.
Step 4. Click on the SUBMIT button. A new Virtual Catalogue is created in the System. After refreshing the page, the newly created Virtual Catalogue will be displayed in the Virtual Catalogues List.
For editing a Virtual Catalogue, follow the steps:Step 1. Click on the EDIT button on the Virtual Catalogue Details page.
Step 2. Edit the Virtual catalogue and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.
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