Copying global e-commerce settings to sites

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The Kentico E-commerce Solution enables you to copy global settings to sites as site settings. Such feature is most suitable for cases when you want to use:

  • Mix of global and site settings and a specific site needs a modified set of settings
  • Global settings as a pattern for new sites and then you modify site settings according to the actual needs

When you do not enable global settings for objects belonging to this group on a given site, the system lists only site-specific objects. The Copy from global button on tabs with settings in the Store configuration application then allows you to copy the global settings for the given object.

Using site-specific settings for tax classes

Copying global settings to sites could have some unwanted consequences:

  • If there is a site-specific object with the same code name as a corresponding global object, the system updates the site-specific object with global data.

    Example

    There are the following currencies in the system before copying the settings:

    • A site currency:
      • Code name: USD
      • Display name: U.S. Dollar
    • A global currency:
      • Code name: USD
      • Display name: American DollarAfter copying the global settings, there will be the following currencies:
    • A site currency:
      • Code name: USD
      • Display name: American Dollar
    • A global currency:
      • Code name: USD
      • Display name: American Dollar

  • A site-specific object that is on the site before copying is lost if:

    • There is no global object with the same code name.
      -AND-
    • The site-specific object has no dependency on other objects (for example, was not used in any order).

  • If there is no global object with the same code name but the site-specific object has a dependency on any other object, the object is only disabled and remains in the system.