Standard applications

Webshop

The abas eB Webshop is released with the following features: Catalog maintenance, pricing, accumulate balances and incoming orders in ERP system Ordering for anonymous and logged on customers Saving shopping carts as template

Searching for products according to ID number or search word Full text search Calculating special offers Navigation bar Pricing Cross selling, up selling, accessories

Sales order information

Logged on users can get a detailed overview of the running and completed sales orders by using the abas eB sales order information. Moreover, it is possible to integrate documents from a DMS system (DMS = document management system).

Registration

Prospective customer registration The login via the prospective customer registration has the effect that the user will be recorded as a prospective customer. Web users which have the status "Prospective customer" can be provided with restricted rights. Customer registration Customers can register in the system with their customer ID and either use the system immediately or after an internal release. Change password A Web user is able to change his/her password.

Service center (from version 2007r4)

This function provides: Access to BOMs and BOM processing Product and order history Monitoring component exchange

Standard functionalities

General functions

• Browser independent display and operation
• Easy editing of design via CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• Text display in UTF-8
• Switchable, multilingual text display
• Frame or frameless page reproduction
• Individually tailored design
• User group specific menu
• Information about user, user group and client
• Configurable Web services for communicating with external systems e.g. for stock level and price queries or the transmission of sales orders from external systems
• Upload function
• Download function
• Authentication is possible using a link
• Possibility of multilevel logon
• Sending mail
• Creating PDF documents
• Control and rights management using abas ERP

Editing and displaying data

• Record selection
• Displaying, editing, creating and copying records
• Standard selection for processing records
• Direct entry for accessing a data record in read or write mode
• Integration of infosystems for data evaluation
• Group or user-defineable authorization for data access

User-based authentication

abas eB provides different authentication options which can be configured and implemented depending on project requirements.

• System access as anonymous user (guest)
• System access by entering user name and password and further individual login parameters.

Group-based authorization

The use of different functions can be managed by using a user group concept. User groups can be for example: anonymous users, customers or suppliers that are not logged in. The menu structure, user guide and user interface can be designed according to the user group.

Extensive monitoring options

To monitor the running system the following can be used:

• an inspector which provides information about current sessions and logged on users
• Logfiles depicting the data traffic to the abas ERP system
• Logiles having the abas eB state examined in the current operation