Sana SaaS for E-Commerce: Updates, Customizations and More

We have always worked difficult to ensure that your Sana Commerce web shop functionality needed to give your customers the very best possible online purchasing experience, and our new SaaS solution is no different.But how can you be sure of the exact same uptime if your software application upkeep and updates are contracted out by default? And what about the personalizations you requested for the on-premises version to ensure that your web store is the best suitable for your established organisation processes?The Item team here at Sana has actually been striving to guarantee that our new Software application as a Service version has the ability to fulfill the exact same high requirements our clients have concerned anticipate from us. In this blog site, I’ll be addressing concerns about Sana SaaS updates, upgrades and personalization options.Q: Does the Sana SaaS e-commerce solution only work for cloud-based ERP systems such as Microsoft Characteristics 365? No: utilizing on-premises variations of our supported ERP systems isn’t a problem with Sana SaaS. As long as you grant the Sana web store access to your ERP system, it doesn’t matter how your Sana web store is hosted.If you’re already a Sana client, switching your web store to a Software application as a Service version is simple: all you have to do is upgrade the device allowed to link with your Microsoft Characteristics or SAP ERP solution Q: How frequently will Sana’s SaaS e-commerce software be updated?We have 2 SaaS updates scheduled for 2018, and 4 scheduled for 2019. For 2020 and later, our objective is to have at least 12 SaaS updates per year.The method we currently visualize it, we’ll be gradually increasing release frequency. To do this, we’ll be simplifying our procedures and reducing the overhead so we can deliver smaller, more routine updates. A

kind of constant shipment: constantly pressing feature and bug releases to our consumers. The ERP will be upgraded 3 or 4 times a year, and once you implement the ERP upgrade, you’ll have access to all the functions added up until that point.Q: Do I require to keep updating my(on-premises )ERP system as quickly as possible to keep using Sana SaaS for e-commerce? You don’t need to update your ERP quickly to keep using Sana SaaS: we’ve carried out in reverse compatibility. So you don’t need to fret about the availability of your Sana web store if you’re unable to update your ERP due to financial

or personnel availability constraints.However, upgrading your ERP routinely will provide you the best Sana SaaS experience, as it will open functions introduced in the most current Sana SaaS updates. And constant updates and brand-new functions are one the most significant advantages of choosing a SaaS e-commerce solution.Q: With such regular releases, how can I make certain that brand-new variations are evaluated completely prior to they’re shipped?Sana SaaS updates undergo the same Quality control processes as on-premises Sana Commerce versions.We subject our software to a range of tests before release, such as unit screening and integration tests. We utilize an automatic screening service that examines whether the web

shop works as expected by replicating site users. And naturally we still have people testing the software by hand: our testers are familiar with all the company procedures within Sana and understand the expected

input and output. Any issues discovered are repaired right away.So in a nutshell, you can anticipate the same quality from Sana SaaS as from the previous variations of Sana Commerce.Q: What do I require to do to prepare for a Sana SaaS update?Nothing! If you use Sana SaaS for e-commerce, we do all the work for you. The only thing to do on your end is to research and check out new features so you can make the most of them in order to advance your online business goals.For the time being, if you want to discover more about the brand-new features and modifications being introduced in an upgrade, you can utilize the very same products as you’re utilized to with on-premises Sana Commerce updates: release notes and the Assistance Site.Q: What ought to I anticipate from a Sana SaaS

update?New features and security updates! If you’re not entirely satisfied with the brand-new functions for use in your own web shop– if the brand-new function does not play well with personalizations in your ERP, for example– you can momentarily go back

to an old version.If you’re not running the most recent version of your ERP, Sana SaaS includes that depend upon new ERP functionality will remain locked. That implies you won’t have access to them after the Sana SaaS update. You will have the ability to utilize them after you upgrade your ERP.Q: Will my web shop stay offered throughout updates?Yes! Your customers won’t notice the upgrade happening. You always run 2 versions of your Sana web store. A minimum of one version is readily available at all times. During an upgrade, your web store visitors will be instantly routed to the completely practical variation of your web shop, so they will have the ability to continue shopping even throughout an upgrade.Q: What sort of modifications are offered if I select Sana SaaS as my e-commerce solution?At the time of publication, the only modifications readily available will be Sana’s own add-ons. However, we do plan on adding more in the future by including more extension

points.I ‘d like to take a moment to talk about these, as they’re

the secret to us continuing to use our clients the choice to tailor their web stores beyond the Sana standard, even if they utilize our SaaS software.Before, if you desired to personalize your Sana Commerce web store, you would edit the code in numerous places. If a brand-new upgrade altered something about the code that you had modified, you would have to go back and rework your customization, as it would no

longer effortlessly fit the new software. The modifications were version-dependent. As you can envision, this just isn’t an alternative for Software as a Service.To address this, we’re now dealing with extension points. To explain what an extension point is and how it works, let’s use an example.Take shipping supplier add-ons : they all have a method of showing the payment page or shipping costs. They’re exchanging standardized information. With the introduction of extension points, they’re still doing that. But rather of exchanging the information with the core Sana code, they’re doing so with a standardized user interface which interacts both with the add-on, and the underlying Sana code. In short, an extension point is a standardized interface that acts as a translator in between Sana and the modification, making personalizations for Sana SaaS possible. The benefit of utilizing extension points is that they interact in a consistent method both with Sana and with add-ons and modifications, so your customizations will remain offered after a Sana SaaS update. That downside is that you can just utilize personalizations for locations with recognized extension points. Upon release, Sana’s SaaS e-commerce software application will not have extension points for anything beyond our existing add-ons. However, as I stated, that’s something that will alter in the future.Q: What happens if I wish to switch from on-premises Sana Commerce to Sana SaaS?It’s beautiful simple! We develop a brand-new setup of Sana SaaS and copy the content of your live web store environment to your SaaS e-commerce environment. You’ll have a copy of your production environment, but on SaaS. It’s time for you to start testing.Once you’re delighted with your Sana SaaS web shop, we will carry out any required updates to Sana SaaS

, and you can execute a new port on your beta ERP system. We connect whatever, and do more tests. As soon as that’s done, it’s time to complete the beta environment: depending upon what brand-new features you have access to, this might be filling brand-new content blocks or adding new marketing materials.Once that’s done, we transfer everything to a pre-live environment for an approval test. The last thing we do is move the domain names, and then you can get to deal with your live ERP.It’s not that interesting, really. Which’s the terrific thing about Sana SaaS: it’s all standardized.Q: What will have access to new functions initially: the on-premises variation of Sana Commerce or Sana SaaS?Our SaaS e-commerce software will have access to the newest features first, just because there will be more SaaS releases. Our goal is for month-to-month SaaS updates, and half-yearly bundled releases for on-premises Sana Commerce. Both SaaS and on-premises versions will have the same functions

eventually.