WebSphere Commerce provides sample composite store archives for each business model. These composite store archives are composed of the following components:
A sample organization structure
Sample predefined user roles
- Sample necessary access control policies
- A sample storefront
- Sample assets
- ConsumerDirect.sar
B2BDirect.sar
AdvancedB2BDirect.sar
HostingESites.sar
DemandChain.sar
SupplyChain.sar
WebSphere Commerce also provides component starter store archives for each part of the composite store archive. These component store archives are available in the respective store type's view of the Publish wizard.
The following chart lists the starter store archives available in WebSphere Commerce:
Type | Store archive name | Description |
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Consumer direct | ConsumerDirect.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a consumer direct environment, plus a feature-rich working store. |
ConsumerDirectOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a consumer direct environment. | |
ConsumerDirectStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature rich working consumer direct store. | |
B2B direct (single site) | AdvancedB2BDirect.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a B2B direct environment, plus a feature-rich working store. |
AdvancedB2BDirectOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a B2B direct environment. | |
AdvancedB2BDirectStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature-rich working B2B direct store. | |
Demand chain | DemandChain.sar | A sample composite store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a demand chain environment, plus the necessary assets to create a demand chain solution, including a channel hub site, shared catalog, and reseller and distributor stores. |
DemandChainOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure and predefined user roles to create a demand chain environment. | |
ChannelHub.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a hub site. | |
CatalogAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
ConsumerDirectResellerStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a reseller storefront. | |
B2BDirectResellerStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a B2B storefront. | |
DistributorAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to support distributor proxy stores. | |
DistributorProxyOrganizationStructure.sar | A sample store archive containing the organization structure and predefined user roles to create top level organization structure for the distributor proxy stores. | |
Hosting and B2B direct Extended Sites | HostingESites.sar | A starter store composite archive, containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a hosting or B2B direct Extended Sites environment. Also contains the necessary assets to create a hub site, store directory, shared catalog, and seller storefronts. |
HostingESitesOrganizationStructure.sar | A starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a hosted or B2B direct Extended Sites environment. | |
StoreDirectory.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a navigable directory of all stores available in the site. | |
HostingESitesHub.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create the hub site. | |
HostingESitesCatalogAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
ConsumerDirectHostedStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a merchant storefront. | |
B2BDirectHostedStorefrontAssetStore.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a B2B storefront. | |
Supply chain | SupplyChain.sar | A composite starter store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a supply chain environment, plus the necessary assets to create a supplier hub site, shared catalog and supplier stores. |
SupplyChainOrganizationStructure.sar | A store archive containing the organization structure, predefined user roles, and necessary access control policies to create a supply chain environment. | |
SupplierHub.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a supplier hub site. | |
CatalogAssetStore.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a shared catalog. | |
SupplierAssetStore.sar | A store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a supplier storefront. |


Type | Store archive name | Description |
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Consumer direct | ConsumerDirect.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature-rich working consumer direct store. |
B2B direct | B2BDirect.sar | A starter store archive containing all the necessary assets to create a feature-rich working B2B direct store. |