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Overview

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.

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Fluent Commerce

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29 Aug 2025

Overview

The Fluent Big Inventory Web App is a powerful tool for managing products, inventory, feeds, and sources. Key features include:

Feeds: View inventory feed details.
Sources: Track inventory update integrations.
Products: Manage catalogs and product data.
Unifies View of Inventory: Gain real-time inventory insights across locations and channels for optimal stock management.
Inventory: Monitor allocation, Stock On-Hand (SOH), real-time updates, and buffers.
Stores: Oversee individual and network locations.
Insights: Track system events.
Admin: Configure user access and settings.

Key points

The Fluent Big Inventory Web App offers a comprehensive suite of functionality.
With dedicated interfaces for Sources, Products, Inventory, Stores, Insights, and Admin, the web-based interface provides users with a holistic toolset, allowing them to observe and track integrated sources, manage product catalogues, exercise precise control over inventory, oversee individual and networked store locations, monitor system events comprehensively, and efficiently administer the entire inventory availability system for a seamless and valuable user experience.

Product and Inventory Management with Fluent Big Inventory Web App

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:

Feeds. The Feeds interface includes the Feeds Dashboard, which provides general information about inventory feeds for an account.
Sources. The Sources interface allows users to track and manage inventory data sources effectively. It includes:

Sources Dashboard – Displays integrated inventory update sources and their status.
BPP Metrics Dashboard – Provides in-depth visibility into Batch Pre-Processing (BPP) metrics, enabling users to monitor batch data ingestion, track efficiency, and optimize inventory submission strategies.

Products. The Products interface allows a user to manage product catalogs and products.
Unified View of Inventory (UVOI). This interface provides a consolidated view of inventory across locations and sales channels, offering real-time data to optimize stock levels, improve inventory allocation, and enhance fulfillment efficiency.
Inventory. The Inventory interface provides robust inventory management, including visibility of allocation, stock on hand (SOH) for specific items, real-time inventory status, available-to-promise levels, and inventory buffers to prevent overselling.
Stores. The Stores interface allows you to manage individual locations and networks of locations.
Insights. The Insights interface provides comprehensive details on monitoring all the system events that have occurred.
Admin. The Admin interface provides administrative capabilities to manage the system and users.

Each interface contributes essential reference capabilities integrated into the Fluent Big Inventory Web App, which offers an unparalleled user experience and delivers value across diverse business scenarios.

Value Proposition

Implementing the Fluent Big Inventory Web App has the following benefits:

View statistics and metrics about inventory feeds and inventory updates
View product and inventory details and change buffer or safety stock values
Manage and edit Product Catalogues, Inventory Catalogues, Virtual Catalogues, and Control Groups
Manage users and settings

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.

Features

Inventory Update Overview

The Inventory Update Overview provides a detailed dashboard view of the inventory management system, offering insights into data flow and processing efficiency. It consists of the Sources and the BPP Metrics dashboards.The Sources Dashboard includes the following key metrics:

The number of updates that encountered failures from each source system.
Time elapsed since the last update was received from each source system.
The total number of inventory updates received from each source system over the past 24 hours.
Estimated processing time for newly submitted inventory updates.

The BPP Metrics Dashboard provides in-depth visibility into batch data ingestion. It tracks processed, changed, and unchanged inventory records, highlights modification rates, and helps refine submission strategies for improved efficiency and accuracy.

Feeds Insights

Feeds Insights provides users with a comprehensive dashboard view of their inventory feeds over the past 24 hours.

Product Management

Product Management is where users can manage everything related to their product SKUs. It encompasses the management of Product Catalogues, Products, and Categories.

Unified View of Inventory

The Unified View of Inventory (UVOI) centralizes inventory data from all locations and sources into a single, real-time view. This feature empowers inventory managers, store associates, and eCommerce teams to monitor stock levels, reduce inefficiencies, and address operational challenges quickly. The UVOI supports smarter decision-making and seamless inventory operations by providing a holistic view and actionable data.

Inventory Management

Inventory management provides a comprehensive range of capabilities. Users can oversee inventory visibility, allocation, stock quantity (Stock on Hand—SOH), and status, gain insights into available-to-promise inventory levels, and strategically employ inventory buffers to prevent product overselling. Read more about Inventory management capabilities.

Admin Management

The Admin user interface in the Fluent Big Inventory Web App offers a suite of administrative features to manage the system efficiently:

Manage the users with access to your Fluent Big Inventory Accounts;
Manage the roles and permissions to precisely control how many of your Accounts each user can access;
Customize application settings to control the operation of your Fluent Account to align with your business needs.

Overview

The Sources interface provides inventory and batch-processing metrics visibility, enabling data ingestion and processing efficiency tracking. It includes:

Sources Dashboard – Monitors inventory updates, failure rates, and processing times.
BPP Metrics Dashboard – Tracks batch-processing efficiency, showing processed, changed, and unchanged records with a date range filter of up to 31 days.

Both dashboards use structured data, support trend analysis within configurable time frames, and require METRICS_VIEW permission for access.

Key points

Sources Dashboard provides real-time tracking of failed updates, update frequency, total received updates, and estimated processing times.
BPP Metrics Dashboard enhances visibility into batch data ingestion by tracking record modifications.

Sources Dashboard

Overview

The Sources Dashboard allows inventory ingestion status and processing flow to be monitored. It provides real-time data visualization, helping identify failures, track update frequencies, and assess inventory submission performance.The dashboard presents inventory-related metrics for up to the last 24 hours. Configurable time periods allow detailed analysis based on ingestion trends. No alt provided

Overview Section

The dashboard contains five key cards:

Status – Displays inventory event data with a gauge chart (total events) and a bar chart (event breakdown by time; includes failures, represented with split colors for clarity). The gauge chart supports colored thresholds configured via a setting.

Time to Complete Current Queue – Estimates the time required to complete the current update queue.

Last Update Received – Indicates the time since the most recent inventory update.

Total Failures - Displays an aggregated number of Inventory problems or anomalies based on the Metrics data for a selected period. The Total Failures value is clickable, redirecting users to the Events page pre-filtered to enable them to identify the specific Inventory Events that have failed.

Note

For more details, check the Inventory Failed Events Identification User Guide.

Inventory Update by Source – Displays inventory event data segmented by source.

Note

The card component is configured to display the data described above.

Sources Section

This section lists inventory update sources and their performance metrics, including:

Source – Source - The source system that submitted an inventory update event;
Complete – The number of successfully completed inventory updates (all statuses except `FAILED` and `NO_MATCH`);
Failed – The number of inventory updates with `FAILED` and `NO_MATCH` statuses;
Total – The total number of Inventory updates of a particular source;
Success Rate – A rate calculated by formula: (complete inventory updates / total inventory updates) * 100% ;
Last Update Received—The timestamp of the most recent update. If the last update was too long ago (more than 24 hours) or not returned,"> 1 day ago" is displayed in the column.

Note

The list component is configured to display the data described above.

Batch Pre-Processing (BPP) Metrics Dashboard

Overview

The BPP Metrics Dashboard provides insights into batch pre-processing of inventory data. It tracks processing efficiency, identifies data modifications, and optimizes submission strategies. For detailed guidance on how to use it, refer to How to Interpret the Batch Pre-Processing (BPP) Dashboard.The dashboard supports a rolling date range filter of up to 31 days for time-based analysis. It prevents selections from exceeding this range and applies default values when necessary. While users can select any date range within this limit, historical data is available only for the last five months. Users can navigate via the menu or a direct URL, and date parameters are automatically validated. No alt provided

What is the BPP Job?

A BPP job is a batch-driven process within the Fluent Commerce platform that applies pre-processing logic to submitted inventory batches during inventory ingestion. The job compares existing inventory data in the Fluent platform with newly received inventory, filtering records according to the defined logic before sending the corresponding events to the workflow engine. BPP Job Completion Time refers to when the batch process itself ends, not when all Workflow-level processing is complete.

Metrics Section

The dashboard includes four key metrics:

Overall Change Rate Efficiency – Measures the proportion of modified records using the formula: `(Total Changed Items / Total Processed Items) × 100%` for the selected date range.

Total Records Processed – Displays the sum of all batch items processed across all jobs within the selected date range.

Total Records Changed – Represents the total number of records identified as modified across all batch jobs within the selected date range.

Total Records Unchanged – Indicates the total count of records that remained unchanged and were filtered out across all jobs in the selected date range.

Note

The card component is configured to display the data described above.

Data Table

A structured table presents batch job performance data with the following columns:

BPP Job Completion Time – Displays when the job ended. Note: This timestamp reflects the job's completion before Rubix-level processing is complete;
Records Processed – Total items processed per job;
Records Changed – Items identified as changed;
Records Unchanged – Items remaining unchanged;
Change Rate Efficiency (%) – Efficiency metric calculated as `(Changed Items / Processed Items) × 100%` per job run. Read

Note

The BPP Metrics Wrapper is used to display the data described above.

Overview

The Feeds interface provides visibility into inventory feeds for an account, enabling monitoring and analysis of feed activity over selected time periods.It includes:

Feeds Dashboard—This dashboard displays general information about inventory feeds within the selected time frame (default: last 30 minutes, 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours). Learn how to configure custom periods in this guide. The dashboard consists of:
- Overview: Summarizes overall feed status and key metrics.
- Feeds: Lists individual feed details for deeper insight.

Key points

You should know about Inventory Feeds.
The Feeds Dashboard offers a comprehensive overview of inventory feeds. It presents general information for selected periods and provides users with insights into their account's feed activities.

Overview BlockThe Overview block 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. No alt provided

The Total Running Feeds card displays the number of feeds running now. In case there is no running feed, 0 is shown. No alt provided

The Time Since Last Activity card displays how long it has been since a feed last finished. No alt provided

Feeds BlockThe Feeds block contains a table listing all inventory feeds. The table displays the following information: Feed Ref, Latest Activity, and Status (Active or Inactive). No alt provided

Overview

The Products interface is a collection of products and any attributes and details associated with each product in the category.The Products interface of the Fluent Web App provides comprehensive capabilities:

The module contains the following configurations:

Categories
Product Catalogues

Key points

The Products interface is a centralized hub for managing a collection of products, encompassing all associated attributes and details, offering a holistic approach to product management.
It focuses on Product Catalog management, Standard Product management, and Category management. It empowers users to efficiently organize and oversee their product-related information, providing a seamless and comprehensive solution.
The interface offers specific configurations for managing Categories and Product Catalogs, ensuring a tailored and effective product categorization and cataloging approach.

CategoriesProducts can be associated with categories and sub-categories.The Categories page displays the list of all available categories. Clicking `Ref` opens the Product Catalogue Categories details page, which provides detailed information about the categories of a particular product catalogue. The detail view consists of the following tabs:

Details
Attributes

Product CataloguesA Product Catalog 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 Catalogs containing all its products. Each product catalog type has a corresponding workflow, referred to as a 'Product catalogue workflow,' which orchestrates products in the catalog. The retailer can configure workflows to add their specific business logic.Product Catalog Entities

Standard Product
- A standard product entity. It includes:
  - a sellable, non-variant product
  - a non-sellable base for a variant product
  - a sellable or non-sellable component of a group product
Variant Product
- An entity that holds additional attributes for variation of a base product, such as size, color, volume, etc. The base product is non-sellable and stored as a Standard Product.

The Product Catalogues configuration displays the list of all available product catalogues. Clicking `Ref` opens the Product Catalogue details page, providing detailed information about the product catalogue.The detail view consists of the following tabs:

Details
Categories
Attributes
Activity

FeaturesThe Products Section offers a set of features designed to help users efficiently manage products within the application.Manage Product CatalogsUsers can create and manage product catalogs within the Products Section to organize and maintain product information effectively.For step-by-step instructions on creating and editing product catalogs, refer to the guide:How to create and edit a Product Catalogue.

Overview

The Unified View of Inventory (UVOI) interface consolidates data from multiple locations and channels into a single, real-time interface. It provides centralized inventory search, advanced filtering, and customizable views. It enables you to monitor, analyze, and act on inventory data.

Key points

Centralized Inventory Management: The Unified View of Inventory (UVOI) consolidates data from multiple locations and channels into a single, real-time interface, simplifying inventory management and improving decision-making.
Advanced Filtering Capabilities: UVOI offers flexible filters for refining search results, including catalog, stock status, on-hand quantities, and product or location-specific criteria.
Comprehensive and Customizable Views: The Inventory Search page provides a detailed overview of inventory, with drill-down capabilities for stock levels, available-to-sell quantities, and update histories. Users can navigate to location-specific or product-specific views and customize filters and criteria to tailor the experience to their operational needs.

The Unified View of Inventory (UVOI) interface offers an intuitive interface tailored to your needs. It empowers you to access, analyze, and act on real-time inventory information without complexity.In this document, you will explore:

Inventory Search Page: A centralized view with filter panels to refine inventory and virtual positions.
Advanced Filtering Capabilities: Filters for catalog, stock status, on-hand quantities, and more.
Inventory View by Location: Detailed insights into inventory at specific locations. Including stock levels and virtual positions.
Inventory View by Product: A comprehensive look at product-specific inventory across locations, with key product details and statuses.

Inventory Search Page

The UVOI comes with a new menu section that is available out of the box in the Fluent OMS and Fluent Big Inventory Web Apps. The Inventory Search page displays a filter panel and a list of inventory positions as search results. Each inventory position expands into a detailed list of associated virtual positions, accessible via a dropdown.The top filter panel refines inventory positions based on user-defined criteria, while the inner filter panel focuses on virtual positions. These two filter panels operate independently.

Important

Permissions play a critical role in what data users can view. Insufficient permissions will result in inaccessible or missing information.

Advanced Filtering Capabilities

The Unified View of Inventory offers powerful and flexible filters to refine search results:

Product Catalog Filter automatically applies the default product catalog upon visiting for the first time, as configured via the fc.oms.inventory.search.product.catalogue.default setting. The selected product catalog determines the product name displayed in the search results table. If the product associated with an inventory position belongs to a different product catalog, the product name will not appear. Instead, only the product reference will be shown.
Inventory Catalog Filter controls the records displayed by linking to the inventory catalog defined via the fc.oms.inventory.search.inventory.catalogue.default setting. If no default inventory catalog is set, no records will appear.
Stock Status Filter filters inventory positions by status as defined in the setting.
OnHand Stock Filter allows filtering based on available on-hand stock. Users can set a range or filter inventory with values greater or smaller than a specific threshold.
Updated Filter enables filtering by the last update timestamp of inventory positions.
Product and Location Filters refine inventory positions by product or location. Clicking the filter opens an advanced form where users can search by name or reference. Matched records appear as selectable chips.

Note

Multiple selections are supported across dropdown-based filters, except for the Product Catalogue.

Once filters are applied, the panel updates the results to display only the inventory positions matching the selected criteria.

URL Sharing for Collaboration

Filter settings from the main filter panel are saved to the URL, allowing users to share their search results with others. The shared view reflects the selected filters but keeps inner lists collapsed for simplicity.

Inventory Position Details

The Inventory Search page presents a detailed overview of inventory positions, offering important information at a glance. Users can view the inventory catalog name, associated product, and location, along with calculated on-hand quantities and aggregations of inventory quantities. Additionally, it displays the stock status and timestamps for the most recent updates, ensuring complete visibility into inventory changes.

Clicking any quantity cell opens a Type History Drawer, displaying the history of changes for that inventory quantity type. No alt provided

Each inventory position contains an inner list of associated virtual positions, enabling a more granular view of inventory filtering by virtual catalog, available stock, and virtual stock statuses. No alt provided

From an inventory position, users can navigate to detailed inventory views:

By Location: Focuses on inventory specific to a chosen location.
By Product: Displays inventory details for a specific product, including stock levels across locations and virtual positions.

Both pages carry over filters from the main search but exclude inner filter settings for virtual positions.

Inventory View by Location

The Inventory View by Location page gives a clear and detailed look at a specific location’s inventory. Users can click on a location name from the Inventory Search page to access this view. The location reference will still show if someone doesn’t have the required permissions, but it won’t be clickable, keeping restricted information protected.This page provides the location’s address, working hours, and a full list of inventory positions. It also includes a filter panel—without the location filter—and a detailed inner list of virtual positions linked to each inventory entry. This ensures that all the key inventory details for that location are easy to find.Filters from the Inventory Search page carry over to this detailed view, making it easier to continue working with the same data. However, filters from the inner list do not apply. A breadcrumb link at the top allows users to return to the Inventory Search page, keeping any previously applied filters in place, even when switching between different details pages.

Inventory View by Product

The Inventory by Product page provides a detailed view of inventory information for a specific product. Users can click on the product name from the Inventory Search page to access this page. If the selected product catalog is incorrect or doesn’t include the product, navigation to the product’s details will be restricted, and only the product reference will be displayed without a clickable link.On the UVOI by Product page, users can see key product details, such as its name, status, category, and description, along with an image of the product. The page also features a filter panel—excluding the product filter—and an updated list of inventory positions, complete with their associated virtual positions.Filters applied on the Inventory Search page remain active on this page, helping users maintain their focus on relevant data. Inner list filters, however, do not carry over. A breadcrumb navigation link allows users to return to the Inventory Search page with their original filters preserved, even when moving between multiple details pages.

Optimizing Stock, Enhancing Experiences

By combining advanced filtering capabilities, real-time updates, and intuitive navigation, UVOI ensures that users—from retail managers to eCommerce teams—can easily make data-driven decisions.Whether you're monitoring stock by location or tracking inventory across sales channels, UVOI empowers businesses to maintain optimal stock levels, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance the customer experience.

Overview

The Inventory interface of the Fluent Web app provides comprehensive inventory management capabilities:

Inventory visibility
Inventory allocation
The total quantity of stock for a specific item (stock on hand(SOH)) and the status of that inventory
Available to promise inventory levels
Inventory buffers to reduce overselling of products

Key points

The Fluent Web app's Inventory interface offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including inventory visibility, allocation, total stock quantity (stock on hand), inventory status, available-to-promise levels, and strategically implemented buffers to prevent product overselling.
The interface is equipped with various configurations, such as Inventory Catalogues, Control Groups, Virtual Catalogues, Cross-Catalogue Views, and Location Inventory Views, providing users with versatile tools to tailor their inventory management approach according to specific business needs and scenarios.

The interface contains the following configurations:

Inventory Catalogues
Control Groups
Virtual Catalogues
Cross-Catalogue Views
Location Inventory Views

Inventory CataloguesAn 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` opens the Inventory Catalogue Details page, which displays detailed information. No alt provided

Control GroupsControl 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` opens the Control Group Details page, which displays detailed information about the Control Group and its Controls. No alt provided

Virtual CataloguesVirtual 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` opens the Virtual Catalogue Details page. The Virtual Catalogue Details page details the specific virtual catalogue and its virtual positions. No alt provided

Cross-Catalogue ViewsCross-Catalogue Views represent displaying information from the cross-catalogue perspective (Virtual Catalogue, Inventory Catalogue, and Control Group) for a particular retailer. No alt provided

Location Inventory ViewsLocation Inventory Views represent inventory from a location perspective. The Location Inventory Views page displays the list of locations. No alt provided

FeaturesThe Inventory interface provides several features that allow to manage inventory efficiently.Manage Control GroupsControl 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` field of the Virtual Catalogue it is associated with.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 CataloguesThe Virtual Catalogue configuration 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 CataloguesThe Inventory Catalogue section 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.

Overview

The Store interface empowers retailers to enhance their operational efficiency by transforming stores into fulfillment centers and optimizing inventory management. This ultimately delivers a superior customer experience through streamlined order fulfillment and improved inventory control. The app contains the following configurations:

All Locations
Stores
Warehouses
Networks

Key points

Stores are transformed into efficient fulfillment centers, ensuring a seamless customer experience through optimized order fulfillment and superior inventory control.
With configurations for all Locations, Stores, Warehouses, and Networks, the app provides a comprehensive toolkit, enabling retailers to manage their entire ecosystem.

FeaturesLocation Overview and Detailed Information

Get a comprehensive view of all physical locations within your retail ecosystem.
Access in-depth details about each location, such as location-specific information, opening hours, and a convenient "Location Finder" tool for easy navigation.
Understand the operational status of each location while efficiently organizing them into logical networks, allowing for informed decision-making regarding order fulfillment and customer collection.
Efficiently manage storage areas within your locations to optimize inventory control, enabling precise allocation and tracking of items for enhanced order fulfillment and storage efficiency.

Store and Warehouse Details

Access specifics about your stores and warehouses, including information on the networks they belong to, storage areas, schedules, and order processing waves.
Utilize stores as inventory sources for fulfilling customer orders while ensuring that these locations are not only for collections but also as integral parts of your supply chain.

Networks

Organize your locations into logical or geographic categories known as networks, simplifying management and optimization efforts.
Access comprehensive data about your networks, including network attributes, locations, and affiliated retailers.

Overview

The Insights interface 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.

Key points

The Insights interface is a comprehensive repository providing full information about system Events, representing occurrences and triggers that prompt actions or log activities within the Fluent Platform.
With a user-friendly configuration, the module enables efficient interaction through the Events Search Form, providing filtered event searches and responsive Events Search Results. The Event Details Drawer ensures users can seamlessly access detailed event information without losing search results or experiencing delays in page navigation.

Insights Interface

The Insights interface 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.

Example

A client system might create an Event on the Fluent Platform with details about a new Inventory Position. This may trigger a specific workflow to be executed as a result.
When an entity's state changes, such as the Control moves from "Created" to "Active", an Event is sent indicating that this happened.

Essentially, events are notifications within the system that various internal or external systems can consume to take further action.

Events Page

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:

Filter input fields;
SEARCH button;
EXPORT button;
CLEAR FILTERS button (hidden when no filters are applied).

Events Search Results

The list of events matching the filters criteria selected is presented in a table view.
Event Details DrawerThe drawer displays a detailed information about a specific event selected from the list of Events Search Results.

Events Export

Events export capability allows customers and partners to share event logs with support:

A JSON file containing an array of the events' bodies is generated on EXPORT button click.
The EXPORT button is disabled when the Events Search Results are empty.

Overview

The Admin interface in the Fluent Web Apps provides comprehensive administrative capabilities to manage the entire system efficiently.

Key points

The Admin interface helps in managing users, retailers, settings, etc.
Depending on the configuration, it can contain any combination of the following: Retailers, Carriers, Users, Roles and Permissions, and Settings.

Admin Management in Fluent Web Apps

Manage UsersUser 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 PermissionsWith 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 SettingsSetting 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

Carriers

The Carriers configuration is available only in the reference Fluent OMS Web App version.

Users

Roles & Permissions

Settings

Sourcing Profiles

The Sourcing Profiles page in the Admin interface provides a centralized view of all configured profiles. It allows users to quickly see each profile’s current configuration, status, and history. From here, profiles can be opened for editing, version history can be reviewed, or a draft or inactive profile can be activated. No alt provided

When a profile is opened, the Profile Details view is displayed. This view combines a summary of key attributes (such as default catalog, networks, and max split) with the profile’s current status and version information. Strategies are shown in the order they are executed, with primary and fallback strategies clearly distinguished for clarity.

For a deeper overview of configuring and managing profiles, please see the full article on Sourcing Profiles.

Key Points

A Product Catalogue can be created and modified via the UI.
To create a new Product Catalogue or to edit the existing one, the user needs to have the right permissions, and the required mutations need to be enabled in the manifest.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createProductCatalogue and updateProductCatalogue are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:
- PRODCATALOGUE_VIEW
- PRODUCTCATALOGUE_CREATE
- PRODUCTCATALOGUE_UPDATE

Creating a Product Catalogue

Step 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 Catalogue

Step 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.

Key Points

An Inventory Catalogue can be created and edited via the UI.
To create a new Inventory Catalogue or edit an existing one, the user needs to have the right permissions, and the required mutations need to be enabled in the manifest.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createInventoryCatalogue and updateInventoryCatalogue are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:
- INVENTORYCATALOGUE_VIEW
- INVENTORYCATALOGUE_CREATE
- INVENTORYCATALOGUE_UPDATE

Creating an Inventory Catalogue

Step 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 Catalogue

Step 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.

Key Points

A setting can be added or modified directly via UI.
A new setting requires its name, context, the identifier of the context, the value, and the value type.

Steps

Prerequisites:

Mutations createSetting and updateSetting are enabled in the manifest.

The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:

SETTING_VIEW
SETTING_CREATE
SETTING_UPDATE

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:

Setting name.
The type of context. Possible values are GLOBAL, ACCOUNT, RETAILER, AGENT, CUSTOMER.
The unique identifier of the context.
Value.
Value type. Possible values are BOOLEAN, INTEGER, JSON, STRING, and LOB.

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.

Note

To Configure Settings, visit Configuration Guide.

Key Points

A user can be created and modified via UI.
The user creation requires the associated Location, Retailer, Role, and Context. It’s also possible to add extra attributes.
It’s only possible to ADD roles to the user on the UI. Removing roles is not feasible from the UI.

Steps

Prerequisites:

Mutations createUser and updateUser are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions
- USER_VIEW
- USER_CREATE
- USER_UPDATE

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.

Key Points

When creating or editing roles, ensure to define permissions accurately to maintain system security.
Follow the best practices for naming conventions and role descriptions for easier management and clarity.
Test role changes in a controlled environment before applying them to the live system to avoid unintended access issues.

Steps

Prerequisites:

Mutations createRole and updateRole are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions
- PERMISSION_VIEW
- ROLEPERMISSION_UPDATE
- ROLE_CREATE
- ROLE_UPDATE
- ROLE_VIEW

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.

Key Points

Control groups can be created and modified via the UI.
In order to create or modify Control Groups, the user needs to have the correct permissions.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createControlGroup and updateControlGroup are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions
- `CONTROLGROUP_VIEW`
- `CONTROLGROUP_CREATE`
- `CONTROLGROUP_UPDATE`

Follow the steps to create a Control Group:

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.

Key Points

A Virtual Catalogue can be created and modified via the UI.
In order to create a new Virtual Catalogue or to edit the existing one, the user needs to have the right permissions, and the required mutations need to be enabled in the manifest.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createVirtualCatalogue and updateVirtualCatalogue are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:
- VIRTUALCATALOGUE_VIEW
- VIRTUALCATALOGUE_CREATE
- VIRTUALCATALOGUE_UPDATE

Follow 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.

Overview

The Fluent Big Inventory Web App is a powerful tool for managing products, inventory, feeds, and sources. Key features include:

Feeds: View inventory feed details.
Sources: Track inventory update integrations.
Products: Manage catalogs and product data.
Unifies View of Inventory: Gain real-time inventory insights across locations and channels for optimal stock management.
Inventory: Monitor allocation, Stock On-Hand (SOH), real-time updates, and buffers.
Stores: Oversee individual and network locations.
Insights: Track system events.
Admin: Configure user access and settings.

Key points

The Fluent Big Inventory Web App offers a comprehensive suite of functionality.
With dedicated interfaces for Sources, Products, Inventory, Stores, Insights, and Admin, the web-based interface provides users with a holistic toolset, allowing them to observe and track integrated sources, manage product catalogues, exercise precise control over inventory, oversee individual and networked store locations, monitor system events comprehensively, and efficiently administer the entire inventory availability system for a seamless and valuable user experience.

Product and Inventory Management with Fluent Big Inventory Web App

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:

Feeds. The Feeds interface includes the Feeds Dashboard, which provides general information about inventory feeds for an account.
Sources. The Sources interface allows users to track and manage inventory data sources effectively. It includes:

Sources Dashboard – Displays integrated inventory update sources and their status.
BPP Metrics Dashboard – Provides in-depth visibility into Batch Pre-Processing (BPP) metrics, enabling users to monitor batch data ingestion, track efficiency, and optimize inventory submission strategies.

Products. The Products interface allows a user to manage product catalogs and products.
Unified View of Inventory (UVOI). This interface provides a consolidated view of inventory across locations and sales channels, offering real-time data to optimize stock levels, improve inventory allocation, and enhance fulfillment efficiency.
Inventory. The Inventory interface provides robust inventory management, including visibility of allocation, stock on hand (SOH) for specific items, real-time inventory status, available-to-promise levels, and inventory buffers to prevent overselling.
Stores. The Stores interface allows you to manage individual locations and networks of locations.
Insights. The Insights interface provides comprehensive details on monitoring all the system events that have occurred.
Admin. The Admin interface provides administrative capabilities to manage the system and users.

Value Proposition

Implementing the Fluent Big Inventory Web App has the following benefits:

View statistics and metrics about inventory feeds and inventory updates
View product and inventory details and change buffer or safety stock values
Manage and edit Product Catalogues, Inventory Catalogues, Virtual Catalogues, and Control Groups
Manage users and settings

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.

Features

Inventory Update Overview

The number of updates that encountered failures from each source system.
Time elapsed since the last update was received from each source system.
The total number of inventory updates received from each source system over the past 24 hours.
Estimated processing time for newly submitted inventory updates.

Feeds Insights

Feeds Insights provides users with a comprehensive dashboard view of their inventory feeds over the past 24 hours.

Product Management

Product Management is where users can manage everything related to their product SKUs. It encompasses the management of Product Catalogues, Products, and Categories.

Unified View of Inventory

Inventory Management

Admin Management

The Admin user interface in the Fluent Big Inventory Web App offers a suite of administrative features to manage the system efficiently:

Manage the users with access to your Fluent Big Inventory Accounts;
Manage the roles and permissions to precisely control how many of your Accounts each user can access;
Customize application settings to control the operation of your Fluent Account to align with your business needs.

Overview

The Sources interface provides inventory and batch-processing metrics visibility, enabling data ingestion and processing efficiency tracking. It includes:

Sources Dashboard – Monitors inventory updates, failure rates, and processing times.
BPP Metrics Dashboard – Tracks batch-processing efficiency, showing processed, changed, and unchanged records with a date range filter of up to 31 days.

Both dashboards use structured data, support trend analysis within configurable time frames, and require METRICS_VIEW permission for access.

Key points

Sources Dashboard provides real-time tracking of failed updates, update frequency, total received updates, and estimated processing times.
BPP Metrics Dashboard enhances visibility into batch data ingestion by tracking record modifications.

Sources Dashboard

Overview

Overview Section

The dashboard contains five key cards:

Status – Displays inventory event data with a gauge chart (total events) and a bar chart (event breakdown by time; includes failures, represented with split colors for clarity). The gauge chart supports colored thresholds configured via a setting.

Time to Complete Current Queue – Estimates the time required to complete the current update queue.

Last Update Received – Indicates the time since the most recent inventory update.

Total Failures - Displays an aggregated number of Inventory problems or anomalies based on the Metrics data for a selected period. The Total Failures value is clickable, redirecting users to the Events page pre-filtered to enable them to identify the specific Inventory Events that have failed.

Note

For more details, check the Inventory Failed Events Identification User Guide.

Inventory Update by Source – Displays inventory event data segmented by source.

Note

The card component is configured to display the data described above.

Sources Section

This section lists inventory update sources and their performance metrics, including:

Source – Source - The source system that submitted an inventory update event;
Complete – The number of successfully completed inventory updates (all statuses except `FAILED` and `NO_MATCH`);
Failed – The number of inventory updates with `FAILED` and `NO_MATCH` statuses;
Total – The total number of Inventory updates of a particular source;
Success Rate – A rate calculated by formula: (complete inventory updates / total inventory updates) * 100% ;
Last Update Received—The timestamp of the most recent update. If the last update was too long ago (more than 24 hours) or not returned,"> 1 day ago" is displayed in the column.

Note

The list component is configured to display the data described above.

Batch Pre-Processing (BPP) Metrics Dashboard

Overview

What is the BPP Job?

Metrics Section

The dashboard includes four key metrics:

Overall Change Rate Efficiency – Measures the proportion of modified records using the formula: `(Total Changed Items / Total Processed Items) × 100%` for the selected date range.

Total Records Processed – Displays the sum of all batch items processed across all jobs within the selected date range.

Total Records Changed – Represents the total number of records identified as modified across all batch jobs within the selected date range.

Total Records Unchanged – Indicates the total count of records that remained unchanged and were filtered out across all jobs in the selected date range.

Note

The card component is configured to display the data described above.

Data Table

A structured table presents batch job performance data with the following columns:

BPP Job Completion Time – Displays when the job ended. Note: This timestamp reflects the job's completion before Rubix-level processing is complete;
Records Processed – Total items processed per job;
Records Changed – Items identified as changed;
Records Unchanged – Items remaining unchanged;
Change Rate Efficiency (%) – Efficiency metric calculated as `(Changed Items / Processed Items) × 100%` per job run. Read

Note

The BPP Metrics Wrapper is used to display the data described above.

Overview

The module contains the following configurations:

Categories
Product Catalogues

Key points

The Products interface is a centralized hub for managing a collection of products, encompassing all associated attributes and details, offering a holistic approach to product management.
It focuses on Product Catalog management, Standard Product management, and Category management. It empowers users to efficiently organize and oversee their product-related information, providing a seamless and comprehensive solution.
The interface offers specific configurations for managing Categories and Product Catalogs, ensuring a tailored and effective product categorization and cataloging approach.

Details
Attributes

Standard Product
- A standard product entity. It includes:
  - a sellable, non-variant product
  - a non-sellable base for a variant product
  - a sellable or non-sellable component of a group product
Variant Product
- An entity that holds additional attributes for variation of a base product, such as size, color, volume, etc. The base product is non-sellable and stored as a Standard Product.

Details
Categories
Attributes
Activity

Overview

Key points

Centralized Inventory Management: The Unified View of Inventory (UVOI) consolidates data from multiple locations and channels into a single, real-time interface, simplifying inventory management and improving decision-making.
Advanced Filtering Capabilities: UVOI offers flexible filters for refining search results, including catalog, stock status, on-hand quantities, and product or location-specific criteria.
Comprehensive and Customizable Views: The Inventory Search page provides a detailed overview of inventory, with drill-down capabilities for stock levels, available-to-sell quantities, and update histories. Users can navigate to location-specific or product-specific views and customize filters and criteria to tailor the experience to their operational needs.

Inventory Search Page: A centralized view with filter panels to refine inventory and virtual positions.
Advanced Filtering Capabilities: Filters for catalog, stock status, on-hand quantities, and more.
Inventory View by Location: Detailed insights into inventory at specific locations. Including stock levels and virtual positions.
Inventory View by Product: A comprehensive look at product-specific inventory across locations, with key product details and statuses.

Inventory Search Page

Important

Permissions play a critical role in what data users can view. Insufficient permissions will result in inaccessible or missing information.

Advanced Filtering Capabilities

The Unified View of Inventory offers powerful and flexible filters to refine search results:

Product Catalog Filter automatically applies the default product catalog upon visiting for the first time, as configured via the fc.oms.inventory.search.product.catalogue.default setting. The selected product catalog determines the product name displayed in the search results table. If the product associated with an inventory position belongs to a different product catalog, the product name will not appear. Instead, only the product reference will be shown.
Inventory Catalog Filter controls the records displayed by linking to the inventory catalog defined via the fc.oms.inventory.search.inventory.catalogue.default setting. If no default inventory catalog is set, no records will appear.
Stock Status Filter filters inventory positions by status as defined in the setting.
OnHand Stock Filter allows filtering based on available on-hand stock. Users can set a range or filter inventory with values greater or smaller than a specific threshold.
Updated Filter enables filtering by the last update timestamp of inventory positions.
Product and Location Filters refine inventory positions by product or location. Clicking the filter opens an advanced form where users can search by name or reference. Matched records appear as selectable chips.

Note

Multiple selections are supported across dropdown-based filters, except for the Product Catalogue.

Once filters are applied, the panel updates the results to display only the inventory positions matching the selected criteria.

URL Sharing for Collaboration

Inventory Position Details

Clicking any quantity cell opens a Type History Drawer, displaying the history of changes for that inventory quantity type. No alt provided

From an inventory position, users can navigate to detailed inventory views:

By Location: Focuses on inventory specific to a chosen location.
By Product: Displays inventory details for a specific product, including stock levels across locations and virtual positions.

Both pages carry over filters from the main search but exclude inner filter settings for virtual positions.

Inventory View by Location

Inventory View by Product

Optimizing Stock, Enhancing Experiences

Overview

The Inventory interface of the Fluent Web app provides comprehensive inventory management capabilities:

Inventory visibility
Inventory allocation
The total quantity of stock for a specific item (stock on hand(SOH)) and the status of that inventory
Available to promise inventory levels
Inventory buffers to reduce overselling of products

Key points

The Fluent Web app's Inventory interface offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including inventory visibility, allocation, total stock quantity (stock on hand), inventory status, available-to-promise levels, and strategically implemented buffers to prevent product overselling.
The interface is equipped with various configurations, such as Inventory Catalogues, Control Groups, Virtual Catalogues, Cross-Catalogue Views, and Location Inventory Views, providing users with versatile tools to tailor their inventory management approach according to specific business needs and scenarios.

The interface contains the following configurations:

Inventory Catalogues
Control Groups
Virtual Catalogues
Cross-Catalogue Views
Location Inventory Views

Location Inventory ViewsLocation Inventory Views represent inventory from a location perspective. The Location Inventory Views page displays the list of locations. No alt provided

Overview

All Locations
Stores
Warehouses
Networks

Key points

Stores are transformed into efficient fulfillment centers, ensuring a seamless customer experience through optimized order fulfillment and superior inventory control.
With configurations for all Locations, Stores, Warehouses, and Networks, the app provides a comprehensive toolkit, enabling retailers to manage their entire ecosystem.

FeaturesLocation Overview and Detailed Information

Get a comprehensive view of all physical locations within your retail ecosystem.
Access in-depth details about each location, such as location-specific information, opening hours, and a convenient "Location Finder" tool for easy navigation.
Understand the operational status of each location while efficiently organizing them into logical networks, allowing for informed decision-making regarding order fulfillment and customer collection.
Efficiently manage storage areas within your locations to optimize inventory control, enabling precise allocation and tracking of items for enhanced order fulfillment and storage efficiency.

Store and Warehouse Details

Access specifics about your stores and warehouses, including information on the networks they belong to, storage areas, schedules, and order processing waves.
Utilize stores as inventory sources for fulfilling customer orders while ensuring that these locations are not only for collections but also as integral parts of your supply chain.

Networks

Organize your locations into logical or geographic categories known as networks, simplifying management and optimization efforts.
Access comprehensive data about your networks, including network attributes, locations, and affiliated retailers.

Overview

The Admin interface in the Fluent Web Apps provides comprehensive administrative capabilities to manage the entire system efficiently.

Key points

The Admin interface helps in managing users, retailers, settings, etc.
Depending on the configuration, it can contain any combination of the following: Retailers, Carriers, Users, Roles and Permissions, and Settings.

Admin Management in Fluent Web Apps

Retailers

Carriers

The Carriers configuration is available only in the reference Fluent OMS Web App version.

Users

Roles & Permissions

Settings

Sourcing Profiles

For a deeper overview of configuring and managing profiles, please see the full article on Sourcing Profiles.

Overview

The Feeds interface provides visibility into inventory feeds for an account, enabling monitoring and analysis of feed activity over selected time periods.It includes:

Feeds Dashboard—This dashboard displays general information about inventory feeds within the selected time frame (default: last 30 minutes, 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours). Learn how to configure custom periods in this guide. The dashboard consists of:
- Overview: Summarizes overall feed status and key metrics.
- Feeds: Lists individual feed details for deeper insight.

Key points

You should know about Inventory Feeds.
The Feeds Dashboard offers a comprehensive overview of inventory feeds. It presents general information for selected periods and provides users with insights into their account's feed activities.

Overview BlockThe Overview block contains three cards: Output Volume, Total Running Feeds, and Time Since Last Activity.

Note

Read about the card component to learn how to configure the presented data.

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. No alt provided

The Total Running Feeds card displays the number of feeds running now. In case there is no running feed, 0 is shown. No alt provided

The Time Since Last Activity card displays how long it has been since a feed last finished. No alt provided

Feeds BlockThe Feeds block contains a table listing all inventory feeds. The table displays the following information: Feed Ref, Latest Activity, and Status (Active or Inactive). No alt provided

Overview

Key points

The Insights interface is a comprehensive repository providing full information about system Events, representing occurrences and triggers that prompt actions or log activities within the Fluent Platform.
With a user-friendly configuration, the module enables efficient interaction through the Events Search Form, providing filtered event searches and responsive Events Search Results. The Event Details Drawer ensures users can seamlessly access detailed event information without losing search results or experiencing delays in page navigation.

Insights Interface

Example

A client system might create an Event on the Fluent Platform with details about a new Inventory Position. This may trigger a specific workflow to be executed as a result.
When an entity's state changes, such as the Control moves from "Created" to "Active", an Event is sent indicating that this happened.

Essentially, events are notifications within the system that various internal or external systems can consume to take further action.

Events Page

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:

Filter input fields;
SEARCH button;
EXPORT button;
CLEAR FILTERS button (hidden when no filters are applied).

Events Search Results

Note

For more details, check the Event Details Drawer Component.

Events Export

Events export capability allows customers and partners to share event logs with support:

A JSON file containing an array of the events' bodies is generated on EXPORT button click.
The EXPORT button is disabled when the Events Search Results are empty.

Info

The following Export Scenarios are supported:

One or more selected events on the page;
All the search results displayed on the page when no events have been selected.

Key Points

A Product Catalogue can be created and modified via the UI.
To create a new Product Catalogue or to edit the existing one, the user needs to have the right permissions, and the required mutations need to be enabled in the manifest.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createProductCatalogue and updateProductCatalogue are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:
- PRODCATALOGUE_VIEW
- PRODUCTCATALOGUE_CREATE
- PRODUCTCATALOGUE_UPDATE

Creating a Product Catalogue

Step 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.

Note

For the reference manifest to work correctly, the Product Catalogue reference must end with
`:<retailerId>`. The references' maximum character limit is 100 characters.For each Product Catalogue type, the corresponding workflow should exist. The maximum character limit for this field is 50 characters.If the above limits are not met, the following error is displayed: "An error occurred while saving. Please check the input fields".If the catalog reference and workflow correspondence criteria are not met, the catalog will not be displayed on the user interface.

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 Catalogue

Step 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.

Key Points

An Inventory Catalogue can be created and edited via the UI.
To create a new Inventory Catalogue or edit an existing one, the user needs to have the right permissions, and the required mutations need to be enabled in the manifest.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createInventoryCatalogue and updateInventoryCatalogue are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:
- INVENTORYCATALOGUE_VIEW
- INVENTORYCATALOGUE_CREATE
- INVENTORYCATALOGUE_UPDATE

Creating an Inventory Catalogue

Step 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.

Note

For the reference manifest to work correctly, the Inventory Catalogue reference must end with
`:<retailerId>`. The references' maximum character limit is 100 characters.For each Inventory Catalogue type, the corresponding workflow should exist. The maximum character limit for this field is 50 characters.If the above limits are not met, the following error is displayed: "An error occurred while saving. Please check the input fields".Moreover, if the catalog reference and workflow correspondence criteria are not met, the catalog will not be displayed on the user interface.

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 Catalogue

Key Points

A setting can be added or modified directly via UI.
A new setting requires its name, context, the identifier of the context, the value, and the value type.

Steps

Prerequisites:

Mutations createSetting and updateSetting are enabled in the manifest.

The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:

SETTING_VIEW
SETTING_CREATE
SETTING_UPDATE

Follow the steps to create a Setting:

Setting name.
The type of context. Possible values are GLOBAL, ACCOUNT, RETAILER, AGENT, CUSTOMER.
The unique identifier of the context.
Value.
Value type. Possible values are BOOLEAN, INTEGER, JSON, STRING, and LOB.

Setting Value

BOOLEAN value type – radio button group with values TRUE and FALSE; INTEGER value type – number input field; STRING value type - text input field; LOB value type - text area input field; JSON value type - JSON Editor (the custom content component that allows editing data in JSON format) - in case of malformed JSON validation occurs.

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.

Note

To Configure Settings, visit Configuration Guide.

Key Points

A user can be created and modified via UI.
The user creation requires the associated Location, Retailer, Role, and Context. It’s also possible to add extra attributes.
It’s only possible to ADD roles to the user on the UI. Removing roles is not feasible from the UI.

Steps

Prerequisites:

Mutations createUser and updateUser are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions
- USER_VIEW
- USER_CREATE
- USER_UPDATE

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.

Note

For Store User creation it is necessary to add Primary Location. Clicking on the +ADD LOCATION button opens mandatory text input field ID, where Location ID should be entered.For Retailer User creation it is necessary to add Primary Retailer. Clicking on the + ADD RETAILER button opens mandatory text input field ID, where Retailer ID should be selected.

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.

Note

Some fields are mandatory for filling and marked with an asterisk, so the validation is proceeded.

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.

Note

It is not allowed to remove existing role/roles.

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.

Note

It is not allowed to remove existing attributes.

Step 4. Finish editing the user and click on the SUBMIT button. The drawer will close, and the update will be processed.

Key Points

When creating or editing roles, ensure to define permissions accurately to maintain system security.
Follow the best practices for naming conventions and role descriptions for easier management and clarity.
Test role changes in a controlled environment before applying them to the live system to avoid unintended access issues.

Steps

Prerequisites:

Mutations createRole and updateRole are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions
- PERMISSION_VIEW
- ROLEPERMISSION_UPDATE
- ROLE_CREATE
- ROLE_UPDATE
- ROLE_VIEW

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.

Note

It is possible to create a role without permission. In this case, a user needs to fill input field Name and click on the SUBMIT button.

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.

Note

It is possible to add new permissions. A user cannot remove existing permission.

Step 2. To add permissions to the edited role, click on the +PERMISSIONS button, and the Permissions form will appear.

Note

The name of permission is a mandatory field for filling, so the validation proceeds.

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.

Key Points

Control groups can be created and modified via the UI.
In order to create or modify Control Groups, the user needs to have the correct permissions.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createControlGroup and updateControlGroup are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions
- `CONTROLGROUP_VIEW`
- `CONTROLGROUP_CREATE`
- `CONTROLGROUP_UPDATE`

Follow the steps to create a Control Group:

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.

Note

For the reference manifest to work correctly, the Control Group reference must end with
`:<retailerId>`. Max character limit is 100 characters.For each Control Group type, the corresponding workflow should exist. The max character limit for this field is 50 characters.If the above limits are not met, the following error is displayed: "An error occurred while saving. Please check the input fields".Moreover, if the criteria for the control group reference and workflow correspondence are not met, the control group will not be displayed on the user interface.

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.

Key Points

A Virtual Catalogue can be created and modified via the UI.
In order to create a new Virtual Catalogue or to edit the existing one, the user needs to have the right permissions, and the required mutations need to be enabled in the manifest.

Steps

Prerequisites

Mutations createVirtualCatalogue and updateVirtualCatalogue are enabled in the manifest.
The user has an assigned role with the following permissions:
- VIRTUALCATALOGUE_VIEW
- VIRTUALCATALOGUE_CREATE
- VIRTUALCATALOGUE_UPDATE

Follow 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.

Note

For the reference manifest to work correctly, the Virtual Catalogue reference must end with
`:<retailerId>`. The maximum character limit is 100 characters.For each Virtual Catalogue type, the corresponding workflow should exist. The maximum character limit for this field is 50 characters.If the above limits are not met, the following error is displayed: "An error occurred while saving. Please check the input fields".Moreover, if the catalog reference and workflow correspondence criteria are not met, the catalog will not be displayed on the user interface.

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.

Content in this track:

Fluent Big Inventory - Features Overview

Getting Started with Fluent Big Inventory

Inventory Ingestion

Inventory Batch

How to Submit Inventory Batches

Fluent Big Inventory Web App

Metrics Overview

How Metrics works

Metrics usage for Platform Observability

Inventory Feeds

How do Inventory Feeds work

End Of Track

Fluent Big Inventory Web App

Fluent Big Inventory Web App

Overview

Fluent Big Inventory Web App Overview

Overview

Key points

Product and Inventory Management with Fluent Big Inventory Web App

Value Proposition

Features

Inventory Update Overview

Feeds Insights

Product Management

Unified View of Inventory

Inventory Management

Admin Management

Further Reading

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Create and Edit Inventory Catalogues

Creating and Editing Product Catalogues

Virtual Catalogue Creation and Editing Mutations

User Creation and Editing Mutations

Settings Creation and Editing Mutations

Role Creation and Editing Mutations

Control Group Creation and Editing Mutations

Sources Interface

Overview

Key points

Sources Dashboard

Overview

Overview Section

Sources Section

Batch Pre-Processing (BPP) Metrics Dashboard

Overview

Metrics Section

Data Table

Related content

Metrics usage for Platform Observability

How to Interpret the Batch Pre-Processing (BPP) Dashboard

Feeds Interface

Overview

Key points

Related content

Page Filter Select Component

Colored Thresholds for Gauge Charts Configuration

Inventory Feeds

Products Interface

Overview

Key points

Related content

Creating and Editing Product Catalogues

Unified View of Inventory Interface

Overview

Key points

Inventory Search Page

Advanced Filtering Capabilities

Inventory Position Details

Inventory View by Location

Inventory View by Product

Optimizing Stock, Enhancing Experiences

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Configuring the Unified View of Inventory: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Inventory Interface

Overview

Key points

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