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🔄 Data imports & exports
The SPAR platform does not manage all data by itself. It exchanges data with a few external systems.
🗺️ Overview
📋 What is exchanged
| Data | Direction | System |
|---|---|---|
| Store assortment (which products are sold in which store) | Import | Centric FTP server |
| Store-specific prices | Import | Centric FTP server |
| Formula regular & promotion prices | Import | Centric FTP server |
| Customer data (registration, profile, delivery addresses) | Both ways | Centric (SOAP web service) |
| Completed orders | Export | Centric (SOAP web service) |
| Shopping cart price & stock calculation | Export/import | Centric (SOAP web service) |
| Tweakwise product feed (for search & merchandising) | Export | Tweakwise |
🏬 Centric
Centric (Storeworld) is SPAR's back-office system. It is both:
- A file source: it drops assortment and pricing files on an FTP server for the platform to pick up.
- A live service: the platform calls its SOAP web service directly for customer data, order export, and cart calculation.
🔍 Tweakwise
Tweakwise powers product search and merchandising on the website. The platform regularly exports a product feed for Tweakwise to pick up.