The xTupleCommerce solution relies on the successful implementation of the ERP. With that in mind, the content of this document assumes that you have already installed the ERP and are ready to start implementing xTupleCommerce. Once your ERP has been installed and the appropriate packages have been applied, you will have access to additional features, such as critical tabs on the Item window, that will reflect on your web portal. There may also be times where you already have content or information in place due to your ERP implementation, such as default units of measure (UOM), but now that those products will appear on the web portal, we suggest you revisit them for accuracy.

If you follow the instructions in the xTuple Admin Guide to install and configure xTupleCommerce, you should have a functioning xTupleCommerce site connected to a web-enabled xTuple ERP database via the REST API. It is not sufficient, however, to just make the connection. There is also a certain amount of data that you must configure in the xTuple ERP database in order to get the two systems to work together. Until all the required data is in the database, you are likely to get an error message when you open the xTupleCommerce site in a browser.

This chapter covers the data and configuration settings that must be entered in the xTuple database to prepare it for connection with an xTupleCommerce site. This chapter covers only the minimum settings that are required to get the xTupleCommerce site to successfully display data from the xTuple ERP database. A full explanation of how to configure xTuple ERP and xTupleCommerce is contained in the xTuple Implementation Guide.

If you have any questions about system administration or database administration, be sure to read the xTuple Admin Guide.