In 3 simple steps, you can create your own webstore, connected to your Business Central environment, with your own customers, products, prices, orders, shipments, invoices and payments. You even can place webstore orders and see them in Business Central.
Let's get started....
Step 1: Install the commercebuild app from the MS Extension Marketplace
- Login to Business Central
- Search for “Extension Marketplace”
- Click to open the Extension Marketplace and then search for “commercebuild”:
- Click the “Free Trial” button to install the commercebuild connector
- Once installed, access the commercebuild app settings from the Business Central navigation bar and click “System Configuration”
- Configure settings under the headings “General”, “General Posting Setup”, and “Cash Receipt Journal Setup”
- Add these settings:
- "S-PPINV" as the "Posted Prepayment Invoice No. Series Code"
- Enter "6" as the "Prepayment No. Series Trailing digits"
- Now, let's activate and authorize the commercebuild app for your Business Central environment:
NOTE: you may require assistance from a Business Central user with sufficient permission to complete the following steps:- Click "Initialize commercebuild Configuration"
- Finally, click "Grant Consent" - this will allow the webstore you're about to build to connect to your Business Central
Step 2: Create a Store
You can create a site directly from the commercebuild app. In fact, you can create multiple sites. Each site is valid for 14 days providing you time to evaluate many of the great features and benefits on offer. We urge you to reach out to one of our skilled staff to answer any questions you may have, and to recommend the right solution for your needs.
Building a site is easy:
- First, let's check the webstore environment that we want to use - "Staging" is ideal when you want to try out a new webstore or customer portal, while "Production" is great when you're ready to build out a webstore or portal that you want to take live. Access the commercebuild app settings from the Business Central navigation bar and click on "Environment List":
- Edit the Environment List as necessary
- Next, click “Store List”
- Click "+ New"
- Enter a name for your store and the email address of the person who will administer the store:
NOTE: an email will be sent to the store administrator once the store creation process has completed, usually within a few minutes
- Click the "Create" button
- Check for an email indicating that the store is built and ready to be configured
- Click the link in the email to take you to your new store