User Guide

Quick Store Tutorial 23
Step 1: Adding A Shopping Cart
You will add the heart of the shopping experience by adding and setting up these
components:
 The Shopping Cart server element (referred to as ‘basement element’ in
Drumbeat)
 The Shopping Cart Display element (can also be referred to as ‘page element’
in Drumbeat)
 The Data-Map which binds the Shopping Cart server and display elements to
product, customer, and billing information.
Configure the Shopping Cart
The Shopping is configured using the Shopping Cart Data-Map, which is a static
Content Table in Drumbeat generated from a CSV file. For this tutorial, the CSV
file has been imported for you.
Take a look at the Data-Map in Drumbeat:
1
In the Content Center, select Shopping Cart Data-Map from the
dropdown list.
2 Drag the splitter bar down to expand the Content Center so you can view the
rows in the table, as shown in the following figure.
The Data-Map provides information needed by the shopping cart for:
 Obtaining information from the Product database when product items are
added to the shopping cart.
 Storing information in the OrderDetails database when a site shopper decides
to check out and order products.
 Calculating totals for price, weight, and/or discounts.
 Determining which information in the shopping cart is displayed on the page.
The Data-Map can be customized to integrate any existing database schema with
the Shopping Cart elements. The User’s Guide section after this tutorial explains
how to customize the Data-Map to meet your requirements.