Call to vendor catalog

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are on SRM 5.0 ECS

We are using external punch out catalos through a hosted website.When we click on the catalog urls/links in the shop screen,there is an intermediate screen(on the hosted website) which comes up and has the actual link for the vendor catalog site.Our requirement is to bypass this intermediate screen so that the user is directly taken to the vendor catalog website.For this is there any config in SRM which can be done particularly in the integrated call structure for the external catalogs??

If not,will this require a change in the settings on the hosted website which can bypass the intermediate screen based on the parameters passed from SRM for the vendor catalog url?

Please advise.

[Former Member]

it depends on how ur vendor has set the catalog up ...

i mean , from SRM side you just need to put the <catalog URL> in the hook url param

ask the vendor / or if u can extract the final catalog URL - just put that in the hook_url param and check

thanks

-Adrivit

[christian_zeuch]

Hi!

Could you please send the value configured in your HOOK_URL parameter in your call structure?

Also, please send the URL from the catalog screen, the one that you want to get the first time.

Best regards,

Christian Zeuch

[Former Member]

There is no VALUE passed in the parameter "HOOK_URL" right now frm SRM.

As the vendor catalogs are hosted by an interndeiate company,does this company need to do the changes on their side to call the vendors catalog screens directly??Pls advise.

[jason_boggans]

All,

The HOOK_URL is the return URL, it is not expected to influence the call to catalog but is generated at runtime to create a valid and working link to return the catalog data back to SRM_SERVER.

In this case, the issue is at the vendor catalog side, we 'expect' to call a catalog directly through URL not to be rerouted to a page which will 'eventually' access this catalog, I would simply ask the vendor to re-design the access page or provide you with the direct URL to that catalog you wish to get to, alternatively, it may be possibe to use the BBP_CAT_CALL_ENRICH Badi to provide some additional parameters at catalog call which would provide the details which this interim page is looking for, therefore fulfilling it's requirement in the background and then just going into the main catalog page.

Regards,

Jason