Essential Knowledge
Sourcing Profiles Interface
Essential knowledgeThe Sourcing Profiles functionality in the Fluent OMS Admin interface enables retailers to configure, manage, and optimize sourcing rules. Profiles group strategies with defined priorities, catalogs, and networks, while strategies use flexible conditions (IF) and criteria (THEN) to refine fulfillment logic. New profiles are created via API, while profile versions can be generated either through the Admin UI or API. The UI provides capabilities to view, edit, reorder, activate, and track versions.Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Essential knowledgeMulti-factor authentication (MFA) is used to ensure that digital users provide at least two pieces of evidence to prove their identity. Each piece of evidence must come from a different category, something they know, have, or something they are.Traditionally, authentication mechanisms or factors have been categorized as belonging to one of three groups:- Something you know (for example, a password or a PIN).
- Something you have (for example, a mobile phone or a token).
- Something you are (for example, a fingerprint or other biometric data).
In best practice, though, MFA goes beyond 2FA by requiring a user to authenticate via two or more authentication factors from different categories (e.g., a “something you know” combined with a “something you have”). The goal of having two or more authentication factors from different categories is to reduce the likelihood of an impostor gaining access.